细节
ENTZELT, Christoph (1520-1586). De re metallica, hoc est, de origine, varietate, & natura corporum metallicorum, lapidum, gemmarum, atque; aliarum, quae ex fodinis eruuntur, rerum, ad medicinae, usum deservientium, libri III. Frankfurt: Christian Engenolph, [1551].
8o (155 x 96 mm). Woodcut vignette of altar and heart on title and 5 woodcut illustrations in text, 3 folding tables. (G1-H8 with short worm track affecting several letters, lacking blank R8.) 20th-century half morocco and marbled boards (light rubbing to joints).
FIRST EDITION of Entzelt's "attempt to record all worth knowing about medical virtues ascribed to metals, stones, gems, salts, and other mineral substances" (Sinkankas). Leaf α2 contains a printed letter by Philipus Melanchthon (the name is erased by an early hand) to Egenolph dated 19 August 1551 strongly recommending the book. Adams E-188; Ferguson I:240; Sinkankas 1905.
8o (155 x 96 mm). Woodcut vignette of altar and heart on title and 5 woodcut illustrations in text, 3 folding tables. (G1-H8 with short worm track affecting several letters, lacking blank R8.) 20th-century half morocco and marbled boards (light rubbing to joints).
FIRST EDITION of Entzelt's "attempt to record all worth knowing about medical virtues ascribed to metals, stones, gems, salts, and other mineral substances" (Sinkankas). Leaf α2 contains a printed letter by Philipus Melanchthon (the name is erased by an early hand) to Egenolph dated 19 August 1551 strongly recommending the book. Adams E-188; Ferguson I:240; Sinkankas 1905.