[Mineralogy/alchemy] TOLL, Jacob. Epistolae Itinerariae. … cura et studio Henrici Christiani Henninii. Secunda editio. Amsterdam, Joannis Oosterwky, 1714.
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Description
4to mm. 256x205; Binding in boards; pp. 18 nn., including Frontispiece and Titlepage, 260, 14 nn. Pictorial Frontispiece with portrait of the dedicatee, Nicolaas Witsen, Titlepage in red and black with Vignette, illustrated Headpiece and Initials, 16 tavole fuori testo, molte ripiegate, tutto inciso in rame.
A total of 17 plates at full page angraved by Jean Van Vianen on drawing by Jan Goeree.
SECOND ÉDITION .
These are the six letters in which the Dutch scholar Jacob Toll describes the journey made in the Germanic and Danube countries between 1697 and 1692. The work is enriched by a valuable illustrations.Ferguson: “In this work he gives an account of his visits to mines, notes on minerals and mineral waters, on chemical gold and medals therefrom, and he refers to various chemists, including Kunckel, whom he visited.” Partington: “A visit to Kunckel’s laboratory in Berlin and a conversation with him on alchemy, are recorded at pp. 46-7.” Appassionato di alchimia, Toll fu segretario di Vossius e di Heinsius e divenne rettore del ginnasio di Gouda; quest’opera fu pubblicata dopo la sua morte dal filologo e professore di medicina Heinrich Christian von Hennin. Duveen: “The only difference betw. the 1st and the 2nd ed. is the title-page.”
Ferguson, II, 459; Partington, II, 363; Duveen, p. 583; Poggendorff, II, 1115; Jouin & Descreux, n. 864.
Fresh speceimen.
A total of 17 plates at full page angraved by Jean Van Vianen on drawing by Jan Goeree.
SECOND ÉDITION .
These are the six letters in which the Dutch scholar Jacob Toll describes the journey made in the Germanic and Danube countries between 1697 and 1692. The work is enriched by a valuable illustrations.Ferguson: “In this work he gives an account of his visits to mines, notes on minerals and mineral waters, on chemical gold and medals therefrom, and he refers to various chemists, including Kunckel, whom he visited.” Partington: “A visit to Kunckel’s laboratory in Berlin and a conversation with him on alchemy, are recorded at pp. 46-7.” Appassionato di alchimia, Toll fu segretario di Vossius e di Heinsius e divenne rettore del ginnasio di Gouda; quest’opera fu pubblicata dopo la sua morte dal filologo e professore di medicina Heinrich Christian von Hennin. Duveen: “The only difference betw. the 1st and the 2nd ed. is the title-page.”
Ferguson, II, 459; Partington, II, 363; Duveen, p. 583; Poggendorff, II, 1115; Jouin & Descreux, n. 864.
Fresh speceimen.
