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160 - Mineralogy - Hampe, Johann Heinrich. A Practical System of Metallurgy, with Notes and Explanations. Translated from the English. With an engraved title vignette. - Dresden, Walther, 1778. 12 leaves, 364 pp. 20.5 x 12 cm. Simple two-color cardboard binding from around 1900 (battered, scuff marks).
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Mineralogy - Hampe, Johann Heinrich. A Practical System of Metallurgy, with Notes and Explanations. Translated from the English. With an engraved title vignette. - Dresden, Walther, 1778. 12 leaves, 364 pp. 20.5 x 12 cm. Simple two-color cardboard binding from around 1900 (battered, scuff marks). First German edition of “An Experimental System of Metallurgy,” London 1777. - Not listed in Schuh. - The author was a German-British physician and royal physician in London (1693–1777). This “System” covers gold, silver, lead, tin, copper, iron, as well as semimetals such as zinc, bismuth, antimony, cobalt, arsenic, mercury, etc., all with elemental descriptions and detailed chemical processes. - Slight discoloration; title page is dusty. *
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