Pyritologie, ou histoire naturelle de la Pyrite, ouvrage dans lequel on examine l'origine, la nature, les propriétés & les usages de ce Minéral important, & de la plûpart desautres substances du même regne: on y a joint le Flora Saturnisans, où l'auteur démontre l'alliance qui se trouve entre végétaux et les minéraux; et les opuscules minéralogiques qui comprenent un traité de l'appropriation, un traité de l'origine des pierre, plusieurs mémoires sur la chymie & l'histoire naturelle, avec un traité des maladies des mineurs & des fondeurs. Ouvrages traduits de l'Allemand (par M. Charas).
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Paris, J.-T. Hérissant, 1760. 4to (255 x 190 mm). pp. xviii, 403, (1), 524, with 1 engraved frontispiece and 5 folded engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt ornamented spine with gilt lettering.
because of his numerous merits he was called 'father of mineral chemistry'
Johann Friedrich Henckel (1679-1744) was director of mines at Freiberg; because of his numerous merits he was called 'father of mineral chemistry'. "His work on pyrites and other minerals exerted a strong influence on J.H. Pott, J.G. Lehmann, and others engaged in mineral analysis" (D.S.B. VI, p. 259). His 'Pyritologia' is an encyclopedic study of the pyrites. A fine copy.
Hoofer 408; Duveen 288; Ward & Carozzi 1041.