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"Jean-Frédéric HENCKEL - Pyritology or Natural History of Pyrite By Jean-Thomas Hérissant, Paris, 1760 - First edition translated from the German of this very rich work analyzing the origin, nature, properties and uses of pyrite and most of the substances related to it. Henckel's works also include the Flora Saturnisans, in which the author demonstrates the alliance between plants and minerals, and mineralogical opuscules, including a treatise on appropriation, a treatise on the origin of stones, several memoirs on chymy and natural history, and a treatise on the diseases of miners and smelters. Complete with frontispiece engraving and 5 folding plates in the second part of the work. Bound in contemporary full calf, spine ribbed with ornate caissons and red morocco title-piece. Slight spotting, overall good condition, fresh interior. In-4, (18) 404pp, 526pp."
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"Jean-Frédéric HENCKEL - Pyritology or Natural History of Pyrite By Jean-Thomas Hérissant, Paris, 1760 - First edition translated from the German of this very rich work analyzing the origin, nature, properties and uses of pyrite and most of the substances related to it. Henckel's works also include the Flora Saturnisans, in which the author demonstrates the alliance between plants and minerals, and mineralogical opuscules, including a treatise on appropriation, a treatise on the origin of stones, several memoirs on chymy and natural history, and a treatise on the diseases of miners and smelters. Complete with frontispiece engraving and 5 folding plates in the second part of the work. Bound in contemporary full calf, spine ribbed with ornate caissons and red morocco title-piece. Slight spotting, overall good condition, fresh interior. In-4, (18) 404pp, 526pp."
