CORPUS JURIS & SYSTEMA RERUM METALLICARUM, Oder: Neu-verfasstes Berg-Büch, bestehend aus allerhand, so alten als neuern Collectaneis von Bergswercks-Sachen, und zwar I. Christoph. Encelii Tractat von Metallischen Dingen, aus dem Latein ins Teutsche übersetzet... Frankfurt, Johann David Zunners, 1698
5 parts in one vol, folio (325 x 190 mm), pp [viii] 124; [xxiv] 72; [xxviii] 312 [12]; [ii] 73 [recte 75] [1, blank]; 38 [2, blank], title in red and black, with double-page engraved plate with four subjects in first part and five woodcuts in text, 13 engraved plates in text in third part; some occasional browning, some marginal worming, not affecting text, a very good copy in contemporary vellum, red morocco gilt label, old stamps on endleaf, verso of title, and some of the sectional titles. £2250
First edition of this collection of mining and mineralogical literature. The first part is a German translation of Christoph Entzelt's De re metallica, 1551, a treatise on minerals, gems, fossils, salts and earths, including their medical uses. It is one of the most important early treatises on minerals and fossils. The second part is Ein alter Tractat von Erkäntnuss der Klüffte und Gänge, auch unterschiedener dess Gesteins Güte, on metal-bearing veins and fissures. The third part is Johann Deucer's Metallicorum corpis juris oder Berg-Recht, an assembly of mining laws. The fourth part is Ursprung und Ordnungen der Bergwerke, a history of mining and mining laws in Bohemia, Saxony, Austria, Brunswick and Lüneburg, Hohenstein and Scandinavia. The fifth part is Abraham von Schönberg's Aussführliche Berg-Information, samt denen ... gebrüachlichen Redens-Arten, including a dictionary of mining, mineralogical, and metallurgical terms.
Hoover 233; NUC: CtY ICU NNC; OCLC adds McGill, University of Maryland, and the Claremont College copy (Hoover)
£2250
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