Item #23106 The natural history of Hartz-Forest, in His Majesty King George's German dominions. Being a succinct account of the caverns, lakes, springs, rivers, mountains, rocks, quarries, fossiles, castles, gardens, the famous pagan idol Pustrich or Spit-fire, dwarf-holes, pits, moving islands, whirlpools, mines, several engines belonging to them; ores, the manner of refining them; smelting houses; several sorts of ovens, hammer-mills, vitriol and glasshouses, &c. in the said forest: with several useful and entertaining physical observations. Georg Henning Behrens.
The natural history of Hartz-Forest, in His Majesty King George's German dominions. Being a succinct account of the caverns, lakes, springs, rivers, mountains, rocks, quarries, fossiles, castles, gardens, the famous pagan idol Pustrich or Spit-fire, dwarf-holes, pits, moving islands, whirlpools, mines, several engines belonging to them; ores, the manner of refining them; smelting houses; several sorts of ovens, hammer-mills, vitriol and glasshouses, &c. in the said forest: with several useful and entertaining physical observations.

The natural history of Hartz-Forest, in His Majesty King George's German dominions. Being a succinct account of the caverns, lakes, springs, rivers, mountains, rocks, quarries, fossiles, castles, gardens, the famous pagan idol Pustrich or Spit-fire, dwarf-holes, pits, moving islands, whirlpools, mines, several engines belonging to them; ores, the manner of refining them; smelting houses; several sorts of ovens, hammer-mills, vitriol and glasshouses, &c. in the said forest: with several useful and entertaining physical observations.

London: by W. Pearson, for T. Osborne, 1730. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. [16], 164, [8] index, [4] publisher's ads; contemporary full paneled calf, small manuscript paper label on spine; some wear at extremities, the joints starting, and small rectangular pieces scissored from the top edges of the title and dedication pages, not affecting text; a handsome copy overall. Translation by John Andree, founder of the London Hospital, of the author's Hercynia curiosa, first published in German in Nordhausen (1703). Behrens here describes the natural wonders of the Hartz forest--mostly geological--but he also writes about remarkable fossil discoveries, including the remains of a unicorn: "Here is also found the fossile Unicorn, but not near in such quantity as formerly, because the Peasants, who used to dig for it and to sell it to the Apothecaries and Druggists, have almost exhausted the place" (p. 22). Item #23106

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