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16833497London: printed for the author by Thomas Dawks 1683. Contemporary mottled calf rebacked with lighter brown calf spine elaborately gold-tooled and with a red morocco title label lettered in gold gold-tooled board edges red sprinkled edges. Folio. With an engraved portrait of the author as a frontispiece a separate title-page for part 2 and 43 large engravings in text on mining distilling and working metals 41 in part 1 and 2 in part 2. Further with elaborately decorated woodcut initials throughout. 2 parts in 1 volume. First edition of the English translation and adaptation of an important work by one of the foremost metallurgists of the 17th century. The first part is the first English adaption of the celebrated practical manual on mining and metals by Lazarus Ercker ca. 1530-1594 Bohemian metallurgist courier for mining affairs under Emperor Maximilian II and under Rudolf II he was assay master of the mint in Prague. Ecker's work was first published in 1574 and went through several subsequent editions 8th ed. 1672 was retitled Aula subterranea alias Probierbuch. Pettus translated and adapted Ecker's original work. The title Pettus chose for the work Fleta Minor hinted to his imprisonment in the Fleet having fought for Charles I in the Civil War. The illustrations to the work were re-drawn on copper after Ercker's original woodcuts but all workmen were put into contemporary English costume. The second part also is of great importance as it is the first edition of the first English dictionary of mining terms.Sir John Pettus 1613-1690 was an English royalist politician and natural philosopher. Pettus was an expert on metallurgy and became a deputy governor of the royal mines in England and Wales under Charles I and II. He is known for the first English translation of the work of the German metallurgist Lazarus Ercker.With the large book plate of R.C. Sticht depicting a mining scene mounted on the front pastedown and some occasional manuscript annotations in pencil in the margins. Binding rebacked showing minor signs of wear along the edges corners and joints of the boards internally with some minor foxing in the margins. Otherwise in very good condition.l Duveen 468; Ferguson II pp. 185-186 first part in the ed. of 1686; Honeyman 2461; USTC 3107029; Wing P 1907. printed, for the author, by Thomas Dawks, unknown
1683006801London West-end of Thames-street.: Published for the Author by Thomas Dawks 1683. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A landmark English translation of Lazarus Ercker's metallurgical treatise expanded by Sir John Pettus. Uncommon. VG 1st ed 1683 43 Sculptures. Two parts bound as 1 re-spined to style raised bands blind tooling gilt title to red morocco label over contemporary calf boards tips repaired. Internally 12 4 preface 18 9 1 errata 345 pp 1. 2 A2-Z 81-133 pp 43 of 44 copper-engraved illustrations lacks the portrait frontis 173 ornate initial letters bookplate to fpd Arthur Dalrymple occasional light spotting and edge browning text block edges sprinkled red. 352217 mm. ESTC R5570. Ferguson I pp.185-186; Wellcome II p.527; Wing P1906; cf. Hoover 633. The first part is the first edition in English of Lazarus Ercker's 1574 treatise on ores. The second part is a dictionary of metallurgical terms compiled by Pettus. Having spent more than £20000 on the royalist cause during the Civil War Pettus appears to have been imprisoned for debt several times in later life and it has been suggested that Fleta Minor was composed in Fleet Prison. Title continues: in two parts : the first contains assays of Lazarus Erckern chief prover or assay-master general of the empire of Germany in V. books originally written by him in the Teutonick language and now translated into English ; the second contains essays on metallick words as a dictionary to many pleasing discourses by Sir John Pettus . ; One of the earliest comprehensive manuals on metallurgy available in English bridging alchemy and modern chemistry. <br/> <br/> Published for the Author, by Thomas Dawks, hardcover
1683127964London: Printed by Thomas Dawks 1683. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original full panelled calf covered boards with matching spine renewed. Firm and square strong joints. Contents tight and clean. No pen-marks no worming just some very mild age toning and occasional browning. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Collation: pp. 44 345 89 81-133 1 complete with 43 engravings as per book list illustrating equipment procedures and assorted workers in contemporary English costume lacks portrait frontis. Thus a scarce work in better than very good condition. The earliest illustrated book on metallurgy in English. Bibliographic References: Cole 1032; Hoover 633; ESTC R498473. Printed by Thomas Dawks hardcover
1683106794London: Printed for the Author by Thomas Dawks 1683. First edition. Leatherbound. Very good. 44 345 1 8 133 p. 36.5 cm. 43 engravings 41 in first part and 2 in second. Full leather. Rebacked with repaired edges and corners. New endpapers. Frontispiece portrait missing. Repairs to title and dedicatory. <br/><br/>Title continues: "In Two Parts. The First contains Assays of Lazarus Erckern Chief Prover or Assay-Master General of the Empire of Germany in V. Books: originally written by him in the Teutonick Language and now translated into English. The Second contains Essays on Metallick Words as a Dictionary to many pleasing Discourses." The earliest illustrated work on metallurgy in English. The first part is Pettus' translation of Lazarus Ercker's work on mining and metals. Ercker 1530-1594 Inspector General of Mines in the Austro-Hungarian Empire who first published his study in 1574 discusses lab procedures equipment and how to construct furnaces. Sir John Pettus of Suffolk Kt. of the Society for the Mines Royal 1613-1690 was deputy Governor of the royal mines for over 35 years. His lexicography of metals is the first dictionary of metalurgy and metals in English. Pettus fell into debt and finished this work in the Fleet debtors' prison - hence the odd title Fleta Minor. 43 large engravings illustrate the equipment and procedures being described with workmen wearing contemporary English costume. Printed for the Author by Thomas Dawks hardcover
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1983Alibris.0021405Franciscan Press 1983. Unabridged. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Scarce Text in English Spanish. Franciscan Press hardcover
196450576Salamanca : Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas 1964. 250x175mm. LXXVIII - libro en rstica. Buen estado. 740 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas unknown
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