Epistola Itineraria LXXII. De Sylvae Hercynicae Antris. Die Alte- und Neue- Kelle, nec non die...
One folding engraved plate. 12 pp. Small 4to, disbound. Wolfenbuettel: 1738.
First edition. Brückmann (1697-1753), a member of the Academia Caesarea Naturae Curiosorum, was a prolific author on mining, mineralogy, and related natural history subjects. He practiced medicine at Helmstädt and Braunschweig and, after receiving a considerable inheritance, traveled widely and formed an important mineral collection. He published three separate Centuria of letters (I: 1728-41, with each “Epistola” being published separately; II: 1749; and III: 1756).
This rare work — WorldCat locates no copy in the U.S. — describes the famous “Heimkehle” gypsum cave near Ellrich in the southern Harz... More