Epistola Itineraria LXXII. De Sylvae Hercynicae Antris. Die Alte- und Neue- Kelle, nec non die Hölle vocatis

by Franz Ernst Brueckmann

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First edition

One folding engraved plate. 12 pp. Small 4to, disbound. Wolfenbuettel: 1738. First edition. Brückmann 1697-1753 , a member of the Academia Caesarea Naturae Curiosorum, was a prolific author on mining, mineralogy, and related natural history subjects. He practiced medicine at Helmstädt and Braunschweig and, after receiving a considerable inheritance, traveled widely and formed an important mineral collection. He published three separate Centuria of

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