Magnalia Dei in Locis Subterraneis Oder Unterirdische Schatz-Cammer Aller Königreiche und Länder, in Ausführlicher Beschreibung Aller, mehr als MDC. Bergwercke Durch Alle vier Welt-Theile...
Braunschweig & Wolfenbüttel: Self Published, 1727, 1730 & 1734. First printing. Hardcover. Small folio (14 x 9 inches), original leather boards, recent cloth spine with paper spine label, contents very good and complete, light wear and light waterstain to bottom of inner margin of contents, mildly visible on the plates and text. 368, 1136, 64 pp. Has both volumes as well as the 64 pp. supplement on mining in Sweden, and has all 53 plates (13, 37, 3 plates, lacking plate 11 of the second volume as always), 40 of which are folding. The first general survey of mining and mineralogy worldwide, including the Americas (not in Sabin) and drawing on the work of Agricola, Muenser and others. Includes accounts of the mines in Mexico, Chile, Paraguay, Florida, Canada, Peru, Brazil, and Guiana. One plate shows the American natives searching for gold in the river beds. At auction, copies in varying conditions have fetched between $2000 and $4500 in the last 20 years, with a high price of $7800 including the hammer at Sotheby's in 2001 for a moderately worn copy without the supplement. Good. Item #H18248
Price: $2,000.00