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FIRST HEINSIUS EDITION THEOPHRASTUS. Graece & Latine opera omnia. Greek text with Latin translation by Theodore Gaza et al.; edited by Daniel
FIRST HEINSIUS EDITION THEOPHRASTUS. Graece & Latine opera omnia. Greek text with Latin translation by Theodore Gaza et al.; edited by Daniel Heinsius. [16], 508 pages. Folio, later vellum, spine darkened, morocco lettering piece worn, fore edges of covers worn through. 19th-century armorial bookplate and signature of the Rev. Robert Walsh. Leiden: Henricus ab Haestens for Johannes Orler et al., 1613
- Notes: first heinsius edition of the collected writings of Theophrastus (372-287 B.C.) on the natural sciences. Pages 391-401 contain his Peri lithon, on rocks and minerals, their sources, characteristics and uses. A major work on minerals for over 1800 years, it includes the earliest known references to the use of mineral fuel, the pearl, alloy testing, and manufacture of white lead. Sinkankas 6591; Hoover 784. "... a most valuable and authoritative work... referred to and quoted by all" (Sinkankas). Hoffmann II, 523.
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