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222 - DE BORN, Ignaz Elder.
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DE BORN, Ignaz Elder. Method for Extracting Pure Metals from Ores and Other Metallic Substances Using Mercury. Vienna: Gay Press, 1788. Small 8vo, (4)-295 pp. and an atlas of XXI plates. Contemporary fawn sheepskin, smooth spine highlighted with gilt rulings, title label and gilt title (binding rubbed, upper cap worn away, plate X torn with a missing section). Description: Translated from De Born’s important work, *Über das Anquicken der gold- und silberhältigen Erze Rohsteine, Schwarzkupfer und Hüttenspeise*. A series of 21 large fold-out etchings engraved in black by J. Ziegler depicting furnaces, machine tools, and techniques. Antique pen-and-ink bookplate by Le Baillis.
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