Collation: pt.1: engr. t.-p., port, [36?] p., 67 plates; pt.2: t.-p., 43 plates. and Imperfect: pt. 1: pages of text, pt. 2: title page wanting. In manuscript on title page: Collegii Parisiens Societatie Jesu. Manuscript notes.
Bermannus, siue De re metallica dialogus, De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra, De natura fossilium, De ortu & causis subterraneorum, De ueteribus & nouis metallis, and Selections. Latin. 1558
Description:
BEIN Sa4 021 Copy 2: Variant. Page 128 misnumbered 127 (numbered correctly in the above); leaf Ss1 signed correctly (misprinted s in the above). Leaves Tt3, 6 in duplicate. Autograph: James D. Dana, New Haven, Ct. April, 1836. Inscriptions: Collegii Soc. Jesu Augusta, 1618; E libris Marci Hemmingi Aug. Vindel. ex biblioth. paternam̂ 1591. 16th c. ms. annotations., First published in 1546., Imprint from colophon., Includes index: p. [1]-[39] at end., Printer's mark on t.p. and on last page., Signatures: a⁴ A-2O⁶ 2P⁸ 2Q-2S⁶ 2T⁸ (2Q6 blank)., and With: Agricola, Georg. De re metallica libri XII. Basileae: Apud Hieron. Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, 1556. Autographs: G.J. Alexander, 1922; e libris petri heylii pharmacopaei, 1589; John Weston, Cheshire. Bookplate: From the Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace, purchased, ..., by Bernard Quaritch.
Publisher:
In Officina Frobeniana per Hieronymum Frobenium, & Nicolaum Episcopium,
Subject (Name):
Alexander, G. J.--Autograph., Blenheim Palace (England) Ownership., Heylius, Petrus--Autograph., and Weston, John--Autograph.
Subject (Topic):
Geology--Early works to 1800., Mineralogy--Early works to 1800., and Paleontology--Early works to 1800.
Imprint from colophon., Indexes on p. [39]-[64]., Printer's mark on t.p., Signatures: [alpha]⁶ a-z⁶ A-2B⁶., Some engravings signed RMD., and With: Agricola, Georg. Georgii Agricolae De ortu & causis subterraneorum, lib. V. Basilae: In Officina Frobeniana per Hieronymum Frobenium, & Nicolaum Episcopium, 1558. Autographs: G.J. Alexander, 1922; e libris petri heydu pharmacopaei, 1589; John Weston, Cheshire. Bookplate: From the Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace, purchased, ..., by Bernard Quaritch.
Publisher:
Apud Hieron. Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium,
Subject (Name):
Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555. De animantibus subterraneis., Alexander, G. J.--Autograph., Blenheim Palace (England) Ownership., and Weston, John--Autograph.
Subject (Topic):
Metallurgy--Early works to 1800., Mineral industries--Early works to 1800., Paleontology--Early works to 1800., and Zoology--Pre-Linnean works.
Aldine device on title pages ; titles in Greek and Latin; text in Greek., BEIN 2013 1346: Bookplate: Ex libris Joseph Irwin Miller. Undeciphered inscription on t.p. of v. 1. In ms. on free front endpaper of v. 2: Paulli Militiae de Brazolo. Capitals supplied in red. Ms. notes (some faded and/or trimmed)., Capital spaces with guide letters., Imprint from colophon in volume 1. Preface of Aldus Manutius in volume 2 dated at end: Venetiis secundo Cale[n]das Nouem. MDIIII [1504]., In this 1504 edition, the leaves of volume 1 are numbered. Compare Renouard, A. A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (1834 éd.), pages 46-47, which describes a 1504 edition in which volume 1 is not paginated and lacks a colophon., Volume 1: signatures: 1-7⁸ A-2L⁸ 2M⁶; 16, [40], 277, [1] leaves., Volume 2 has title: Odysseia ; Batrachomyomachia ; Hymnoi 32 = Vlyssea ; Batrachomyomachia ; Hymni xxxii., and Volume 2: signatures: a-z⁸ A-G⁸ H¹⁰; [500] pages.
Publisher:
In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri,
Subject (Name):
Achilles--(Mythological character)--Poetry., Brazolo, Paullus Militia de--Autograph., Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515, printer., Miller, Joseph Irwin--Bookplate., Odysseus,--King of Ithaca (Mythological character)--Poetry., and Torresanus, Andreas, de Asula, 1451-1529, printer.