Lot 203
Metallurgy.- Hampe ( John Henry) An Experimental System of Metallurgy..., first edition, mezzotint portrait, J.Nourse, 1777.
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Metallurgy.- Hampe (John Henry) An Experimental System of Metallurgy..., first edition, mezzotint portrait with letterpress in Latin and Greek below trimmed and laid down on blank leaf as frontispiece, wide margins, light foxing, later half morocco, by R.R.Porter, t.e.g., a little rubbed, spine faded, folio, J.Nourse, 1777.
⁂ Scarce. ESTC lists only 5 UK copies (BL 2 copies, Science Museum, John Rylands Library in Manchester, and Brotherton Library, Leeds), and 4 in America.
Description
Metallurgy.- Hampe (John Henry) An Experimental System of Metallurgy..., first edition, mezzotint portrait with letterpress in Latin and Greek below trimmed and laid down on blank leaf as frontispiece, wide margins, light foxing, later half morocco, by R.R.Porter, t.e.g., a little rubbed, spine faded, folio, J.Nourse, 1777.
⁂ Scarce. ESTC lists only 5 UK copies (BL 2 copies, Science Museum, John Rylands Library in Manchester, and Brotherton Library, Leeds), and 4 in America.
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