AGRICOLA (Georgius). De ortu et causis subterraneorum Lib. V. - De natura eorum quae efflunt ex terra Libr. IV. - De natura fossilium Libr. X. - De veteribus et novis metallis Lib. II. Bermanus, sive De re metallica Dialogus... Basel, Froben, 1546. - Followed by : AGRICOLA (G.). De mensuris et ponderibus Romanorum atque Graecorum Lib. V. - De externis mensuris et ponderibus Lib. II. - Ad ea, quae Andreas Alciatus de nu disputavit de mensuris... Lib. I... Id. ibid. 1550. 2 works bound in a folio volume, vellum (contemporary binding). 1) 487 pp, 26 ff (printer's mark on verso of last). First edition. This collection of six treatises by G. Agricola (the Latinised name of Georg Bauer) is one of the first books on mineralogy and metallurgy. In 1556, Bauer published De re metallica. He is considered to be the "father of mineralogy". The Bermanus sive de re metallica dialogus had appeared in 1530, but the other treatises on geology, fossils and metallurgy appeared here for the first time. Norman 19 - Honeyman 25. 2) 4 ff (title, dedication), 340 pp, 8 ff (one blank f. between pages 250-53). First collective edition of the six treatises on weights and measures and coinage. Adams A 344 - Smith. Rara Arithmetica 171. Copy from the library of the famous and credulous mathematician Michel Chasles (to whom we owe the theorem), who was the victim of the famous autograph forger Vrain-Lucas (bookplate). Heavy dampstaining to the lower corner of the entire volume.