De ferro ejusque nivis praeparatione dissertatio physico-chymica in qua varia de ipso metallo explicantur

by Gian Girolamo Zannichelli

$1,850 · Offered by Martayan Lan

First edition

Rare first edition of an early illustrated mineralogical treatise devoted to the element iron, written by the noted Venetian physician, apothecary and collector Gian Girolamo Zannichelli (1662-1729). While Zannichelli’s stated purpose is to introduce readers to his iron-based medicinal distillation, called ‘Iron Snow’ or ‘Snow of Mars’ (nix ferris; nix..... More

• Binding: Leather

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