Mining.- Plattes (Gabriel) A Discovery of Subterraneall Treasure, viz. Of all manner of Mines and Mineralls, from the Gold to the Coale, first edition, woodcut initials and decorations, title browned and closely trimmed at head, touching title, ink stains and blind-stamp to title and final f., occasional light spotting, 18th century marbled boards, rebacked in vellum, corners bumped, rubbed, tightly-bound, [ESTC 2000; Sabin 63360], small 4to, I. Okes for Jasper Emery, 1639. ⁂ First edition of one of the first books in English on mining and metallurgy. Includes "interesting notices of the gold and silver mines in Peru, New England, Virginia, the Bermudas, and other parts of America" - Sabin. Provenance: Free Public Library, Wigan (blind-stamps).
Mining.- Plattes (Gabriel) A Discovery of Subterraneall Treasure, viz. Of all manner of Mines and Mineralls, from the Gold to the Coale, first edition, woodcut initials and decorations, title browned and closely trimmed at head, touching title, ink stains and blind-stamp to title and final f., occasional light spotting, 18th century marbled boards, rebacked in vellum, corners bumped, rubbed, tightly-bound, [ESTC 2000; Sabin 63360], small 4to, I. Okes for Jasper Emery, 1639. ⁂ First edition of one of the first books in English on mining and metallurgy. Includes "interesting notices of the gold and silver mines in Peru, New England, Virginia, the Bermudas, and other parts of America" - Sabin. Provenance: Free Public Library, Wigan (blind-stamps).
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