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...observations and remarks original Latin: ...vationum & Animadversionum on Johann Popp’s Chemical Medicine, in which all processes are diligently examined and corrected, and also expanded with several new processes. Parts 1 and 2. 4to. Leipzig, 1639.
The same work by the same author. With Johann Helfrich Juncken’s notes. 3 parts. 4to. Nuremberg, 1686.
Agricola, Johann Georg. Detailed description of the entire living stag. 4to. Amberg, 1617. This work by a namesake of the famous mineralogist focuses on the medicinal uses of deer parts.
Agricola, Georg. Book on subterranean creatures original Latin: de Animantibus subterraneis. 8vo. Basel, from the Froben workshop, 1549.
By the same author. A treatise on metallurgy original Latin: de Re metallica, now first published after the author’s careful revision and correction. With a nomenclature of metallurgical terms. 8vo. Leipzig, 1546. Agricola is often called the "Father of Mineralogy"; this is one of the most important early texts on mining and smelting.
By the same author. Five books on the Origin and Causes of Subterranean Things; four books on the Nature of those things which flow out of the earth; ten books on the Nature of Fossils Fossils: In the 16th century, this term referred to anything "dug up" from the earth, including minerals and gemstones, rather than just prehistoric remains.; two books on Ancient and New Metals. Bermannus, or a dialogue on metallurgy. A German interpretation of metallurgical terms. Added is a most fruitful index, illustrated with marginal notes by Johann Siegfried. Also included are various and learned observations on metallurgical things and names from the papers of Georg Fabricius, in which those matters are primarily explained. 8vo. Wittenberg, 1612.
Agrippa, Heinrich Cornelius. An invective declamation on the Uncertainty and Vanity of the Sciences, in which all that "war of the giants" original Latin: Giganthomachia of the Sophists is attacked with more than Herculean boldness; it is taught that nothing certain, eternal, or divine lies hidden anywhere except in the solid words of God and the preeminence of God's Word. 8vo. Published by Eucharius of Cologne original Latin: apud Eucharium Agrippinatem, 1531. Agrippa was a famous polymath and occultist; this work is a skeptical critique of human knowledge.
By the same author. Commentaries on the Short Art of Ramon Lull. With various figures. 8vo. Cologne, 1533. Short Art: A system of logic and mnemonics developed by the medieval mystic Ramon Lull, using rotating circles to combine concepts.
By the same author. Ten Orations, namely: I. On the reading of Plato’s Banquet. II. On the reading of Hermes Trismegistus, on the power and wisdom of God. III. On behalf of a certain doctoral candidate. IV. To the Lords of Metz, when he was accepted as their Advocate, Syndic, and Orator. V. To the Senate of Luxembourg, on behalf of the Lords...