A Library of Curiosities - Part II
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Lot 22
CRAMER, Johann Andreas, 1710-1777.Elements of the Art of Assaying Metals.
Estimate: $500 - $700
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CRAMER, Johann Andreas, 1710-1777. Elements of the Art of Assaying Metals. : In two parts. The first containing the theory, the second the practice of the said Art. The Whole Deduced from the true Properties and Nature of Fossils; confirmed by the most accurate and unquestionable Experiments, explained in a natural Order, and with the utmost Clearness. Written originally in Latin, by John Andrew Cramer, M.D. With notes and observations not in the Original, particularly Useful to the English Reader. By Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secretary to the Royal Society. To which is prefixed A List of the Chief English Authors who have written upon Minerals and Metals.
The second edition, corrected.
London : printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Grays Inn Gate, Holborn: Printers to the Royal Society, MDCCLXIV. [1764].
Xxiv,471,[1]p., with VI numbered folding plates.
Bound in marbled boards, with new endpapers.
H: 8 1/2 W: 5 1/2 in.
Condition
Good. Front rear of the spine slightly cracked, top of spine slightly pulled away, some slight foxing throughout. Edges rubbed and bumped.
With bookplate at front free endpapers, “Ex Libris Zinz;” with bookplate, “John A. Davidson,” at rear pastedown. With typed description laid-in.
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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum.
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