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(Science, Métrologie & Numismatique) - - AGRICOLA, Georgius.- De mensuris & ponderibus romanorum atque graecorum [...]. BASILEAE, (APUD HIER. FROBENIUM ET NIC. EPISCOPIUM, MENSE MARTIO) Small in-f° : [8]-340 [i.e. 344]-[16] pp. (lvs q1 and q8 not paginated, marginalia erased in the beginning, some pp. slightly browned, light marginal dampstains on 2 lvs at the end, fresh condition). Contemporary binding : calf, gilt decorated ribbed spine with modern red label, red sprinkled edges (strongly rubbed, scratches, upper turn in lacking, edges and corners strongly dulled with lacks of leather).
FIRST EDITION of 5 works except the first in third edition (1st ed. : 1533). Collection of treatises on Roman and Greek weights and measures and on the weight of gold and silver coins. With some Greek and Hebrew authors' extracts. Agricola (1494-1555) was a German scientist known as the father of mineralogy and was the physician of Chemnitz, the centre of the mining industry. Neat typography with large historiated initials and with 2 Froben's devices on the title-page and on the last page. # Adams A-344; # Machiels A-148; # Honeyman 24; # USTC 600319; # VD 16 A 918; # not in USTC. Provenance : J.J. Lucas, doctor at Antwerp (18th cent. handwritten mention with the price a copy was sold for in Paris in 1786). -- Réunion de 6 ouvr. en édition originale (sauf le 1er en 3e édition) traitant des poids et mesures grecs et romains ainsi que du poids des monnaies d'or et d'argent. Plein veau de l'ép. (qqs pet. défauts, rel. fort frottée). Top J'enchéris