Lot 319
Pettus (Sir John) Fleta minor. The lavvs of art and nature, in knowing, judging, assaying, fining, refining and inlarging the bodies of confin'd metals, first edition, printed, for the author, by Thomas Dawks, his Majesty's British printer, at the West-end of Thames-street, 1683.
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Pettus (Sir John) Fleta minor. The lavvs of art and nature, in knowing, judging, assaying, fining, refining and inlarging the bodies of confin'd metals, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, numerous engraved illustrations, woodcut decorative initials, lacking engraved portrait, occasional spotting or staining, engraved bookplate of Arthur Dalrymple, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Ferguson I, pp.185-186; Wellcome II, p.527; Wing P1906; cf. Hoover 633], folio. printed, for the author, by Thomas Dawks, his Majesty's British printer, at the West-end of Thames-street, 1683.
⁂ 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.
Description
Pettus (Sir John) Fleta minor. The lavvs of art and nature, in knowing, judging, assaying, fining, refining and inlarging the bodies of confin'd metals, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, numerous engraved illustrations, woodcut decorative initials, lacking engraved portrait, occasional spotting or staining, engraved bookplate of Arthur Dalrymple, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Ferguson I, pp.185-186; Wellcome II, p.527; Wing P1906; cf. Hoover 633], folio. printed, for the author, by Thomas Dawks, his Majesty's British printer, at the West-end of Thames-street, 1683.
⁂ 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.
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