Caesius, Bernardus (1636)

Mineralogia, | Sive | Natvralis Philosophiæ | Thesavri, | In Qvibvs Metallicæ Concretionis | medicatorúmque fossilium miracula, terrarum pretium, colorum | & pigmentorum apparatus, concretorum succorum virtus, | lapidum atque gemmarum dignitas continentur. | Hos publici iuris fecit R.P. Bernardvs Cæsivs Mutinensis, | è Societate Iesv. | Proderit Hæc Pretiosa Svpellex Non | Philosophiæ modò, ac Medicinæ, verùm etiam sacræ & humanioris | literaturæ studiosis. | [vignette] | Lvgdvni, | Sumptib. Iacobi & Petri Prost. | [rule] | M. DC. XXXVI. | Cvm Privilegio Regis.
Title in red and black, second issue (with the dedication directed to Charles de Neufville)

Half title: R.P. | Bernardvs | Cæsivs | De | Mineralibvs

Collation: 2°: [a]⁴ e⁴ A-Z⁶ Aa-Zz⁶ Aaa-Mmm⁶; [16] 1-626 [69] [1 blank] p.

Page size: 224 x 356 mm

Binding: full contemporary calf, rebacked, edges renewed

Provenance: no marks of provenance

Other editions: none but a first issue in 1636 and a third in 1637

References: Hoover 214; Schuh 1112; Sinkankas 1220, 1221; Ward & Carozzi 457

Note: Caesius also known as Cesi and Bernardus as Bernardo

Collection: private collection