Zanichello, J.H. De Ferro ejusque Nivis Præparatione Dissertatio in qua varia de ipso Metallo Explicantur a Joanne Hieronymo Zanichelli. Mit gest. Fro

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  Geologie - Metallurgie Zanichello, J.H. De Ferro ejusque Nivis Præparatione Dissertatio in qua varia de ipso Metallo Explicantur a Joanne Hieronymo Zanichelli. Mit gest. Frontispiz und gefalt. Kupfertafel. Venedig, 1719. 2 Bll., 46 S. 4°. Moderner Ppbd. (etwas berieben). Zweite Ausgabe der seltenen Dissertation über Eisen und Metallurgie. - Poggendorff II, 1392, Duveen 631 (Erstausgabe von 1713), Hoover Collection 904, Schuh, Bibliography of Mineralogy (online): "Very scarce. Deals mostly with the medicinal uses of crystallized salts of iron. It also contains the earliest illustration of a dendritic crystal of the metal itself." - "Beginning in 1686, Zannichelli built a successful apothecary business in Venice, and in 1702, he was awarded a medical degree. He made many trips to explore the natural history around the Adriatic Sea, building an important natural history cabinet in Venice." - Nur seltener mit geringen Wurmspuren bzw. fleckig. Insgesamt gutes Exemplar. With engraved frontispiece and folded copper plate. Second edition of the rare dissertation on iron and metallurgy. Only rarely with minor worming or spotting. Overall a good copy. *
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