 The first description of a procedure for isolating antimony is in the book De la pirotechnia of 1540 by Vannoccio Biringuccio ; this predates the more famous 1556 book by Agricola , De re metallica . In this context Agricola has been often incorrectly credited with the discovery of metallic antimony . The book Currus Triumphalis Antimonii ( The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony ) , describing the preparation of metallic antimony , was published in Germany in 1604 . It was purported to have been written by a Benedictine monk , writing under the name Basilius Valentinus , in the 15th century ; if it were authentic , which it is not , it would predate Biringuccio . 
 The first description of a procedure for isolating antimony is in the book De la pirotechnia of 1540 by Vannoccio Biringuccio ; this <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>predates</mark></a> the more famous 1556 book by Agricola , De <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>re</mark></a> metallica . In this context Agricola <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> been often incorrectly credited with the discovery of metallic antimony . The book Currus Triumphalis Antimonii ( The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony ) , describing the preparation of metallic antimony , was published in Germany in 1604 . It was purported to <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>have</mark></a> been written by a Benedictine monk , writing under the name Basilius Valentinus , in the 15th century ; if it <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> authentic , which it <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>not</mark></a>, it would predate Biringuccio . 
The first description of a procedure fir isolating antimony is in da book De la pirotechnia of 1540 by Vannoccio Biringuccio ; this predate the more famous 1556 book by Agricola , De red outkast . In this context Agricola done been often incorrectly credited with the discovery of metallic antimony . The book Currus Triumphalis Antimonii ( The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony ) , describing tdapreparation of metallic antimony , was published in Germany in 1604 . It was purported to done been written by a Benedictine monk , writing under the name Basilius Valentinus , in thda5th century ; if it was authentic , which it ain't , it would predate Biringuccio .