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Title

Probier Büchlein

Authors

• Fachs, Modestinus

Other related names

• Freilich, Joseph A, former owner

Call number

LJS 401
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 5182011
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5182011

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

German

Origin

Date

between 1650 and 1699

Place

Germany

Summary

Fair copy of the 1622 edition of a work written in 1567 on assaying gold and silver. The discussion of assaying includes the first known observation that tin and lead gain weight upon heating during calcinations. Information on management of the mint is also included. An alphabetical index (Register) follows the text (p. 233-241).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   

Extent

135 leaves : 203 x 155 (162 x 125) mm. bound to 203 x 160 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii + 135 + i leaves; [i-xxviii], 1-232, [233-242]. Catchwords on each page, lower right corner.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary 17th-century marbled paper with Modestin Fachsen, Probier Büch, MDLXVII written in ink on upper cover; blue paper spine with Modestin Fachsen, Probier Büchlein, 1622, 1567 written in ink on spine label. A call number, XXI.171, was later added outside and inside the upper cover.

Layout

Written in 21-22 long lines; outer vertical margins marked by folding.

Script

Written in a German cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by bookseller and mineral dealer Joseph A. Freilich (Bayville, N.Y.; bookplate, inside upper cover).
   
• Sold at auction as part of the Freilich collection at Sotheby's, 10 Jan. 2001, lot 181, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

• Chemistry--Early works to 1800
• Assaying--Early works to 1800
• Mints--Holy Roman Empire--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, German--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

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