Auktion: 379 / Wertvolle Bücher am 23.05.2011 in Hamburg Lot 359

 
John Webster - Metallographia. 1671


359
John Webster
Metallographia. 1671
Schätzung:
€ 500
Ergebnis:
€ 1.020

(inkl. Käuferaufgeld)
Webster, J., Metallographia: or, an history of metals. Wherein is declared the signs of ores and minerals both before and after digging .. with the description of sundry new metals, or semi metals, and many other things pertaining to mineral knowledge .. gathered forth of the most approved authors that have written in Greek, Latine, or High-Dutch .. London, W. Kettilby 1671. Ldr. d. Zt. mit dopp. goldgepr. Deckel- und RFileten. 4to. 8 Bll., 388 S., 2 Bll. (d. l. w.).

Duveen S. 611. - Ferguson II, 531. - Cole 1353. - Bolton S. 907. - Hoover Coll. 867. - Kress S 1365. - Erste Ausgabe. - "Webster's book is one of the earliest and most elaborate works on metallurgy and minerals written in English" (Cole). - "As an illustration of the method of dealing with mineralogy and metallurgy in the seventheenth century, this book is interesting, and it displays considerable knowledge and wide reading" (Ferguson). - Etw. gebräunt und stockfl., 2 Bll. im Seiten- und Fußsteg knapp beschnitten. Einbd. berieben. - Exlibris.




359
John Webster
Metallographia. 1671
Schätzung:
€ 500
Ergebnis:
€ 1.020

(inkl. Käuferaufgeld)