The natural history of Hartz-Forest, in His Majesty King George's German dominions
Subtitle: 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
By: written in German by H. Behrens, M. D.
Publisher: Printed by W. Pearson, for T. Osborne
Published: 1730
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Natural history; Description and travel
Work titles: Hercynia curiosa
Notes: Translation by John Andree, of the author's Hercynia curiosa, first published Nordhausen, 1703.

Gift; Thomas Hollis; n.d.

The gift of Thomas Hollis to the Harvard College Library.

With Hollis's ms. annotation on back fly-leaf: "The institution of a Professorship of Chemistry, Botany, and Minerallogy at Cambridge in N.E. would, it is apprehended, promote more the wealth & ingenuity of the North Americans, with preservation to them of their INDUSTRY and MANLINESS, than any other measure that could be taken there."

Bound in contemporary calf, gilt covers, gilt edges, rebacked.