John pettus (17 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Good Slipcase. Title = Fodinae regales, or, The history, laws and places of the chief mines and mineral works in England, Wales, and the English pale in Ireland, as also of the mint and mony, with a clavis explaining some difficult words relating to mines, &c. Unknown publisher, IMM is printed on the spine. c.2010? Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.…

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Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 404 pages. 9.69x7.44x1.14 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 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.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback, full panelled calf, lacking spine label. Pp. [45], 392, [14]. From the Ombersley Court collection, owned by Lord Sandys, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn. Minor spotting to contents. A pleasing copy. (r35).

Full Calf. Zustand: Good Plus. DEFECTIVE COPY. Book measures 35.5x23.cm. [44], 345, [89], 81-133, [1]. LACKING PORTRAIT, PAGES, 72 TO 76, AND 221,222, INCLUDING PLATES 9 AND 28. Bound in full modern leather, raised bands, leather title label. Leather scuffed, marked. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, some light dust marking or spotting. Pages in good clean condition. A good well bound copy.F Size: Folio.…

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. 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. 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. Pages: [44], 345, [1 blank]; [8], 133, [1 blank] pp.…

Second edition. Second edition. Frontispiece & Illustrated with 44 sculptures. 1 vols. Folio. Pettus was deputy governor of the royal mines for over thirty-five years. The first part is translated from the German of Erckern, but the second part is Pettus' own contribution to the lexicography of metals - and wonderfully anecdotal and original it is as this from his entry on "DUNG": ".among the Indians it was usual, that when they intended Homage to their Superiors, or welcome too their Friends, they did evacuate their Dung into their Hand, and so daub it on the Face of whom they intended to honour or pleasure, and was ever accepted by them, as the first and best of the Welcoming Ceremonies: for Agricola tells us of Mans-Dung made as sweet as Civit. But to return nearer home, when I remained in London, during the great Plague in 1666, Dr. Glisson (famous in his time) being my old Friend and Acquaintance, perswaded me to take a piece of his constant Antidote, which was only the Dung of one that had dyed of the Plague, dryed, and so kept in a foraminous Box, for the best Antidotical Perfume; but I thank God I escaped without it." Engaging, too, are the delightful engravings which embellish the work. Wing P-1907 Contemporary quarter calf and boards, rebacked, later endpapers; corner of title page torn away, first three leaves waterstained at lower edge. A good sound copy Frontispiece & Illustrated with 44 sculptures. 1 vols. Folio.…

small folio, pp[xiv] 108, 6 [explanation of words], corrigenda leaf. 2 full-page plates, each with descriptive key to the verso. two text illustrations. one or two spots of foxing, but generally clean, with some relevant pencil and ink marginalia. the title-page, with an old repaired tear, has been trimmed to the ruled border and mounted on slightly later paper. the original frontispiece portrait has been replaced by a 1683 portrait engraved by R. White. In a, probably 18thcentury, quarter calf binding, rubbed, but with no damage. a 19th-century note to a preliminary blank provides the interesting, though as far as I can see, irrelevant information that this copy belonged to Francis Barlow, one of the Masters of Lunacy. On the the opposite blank has been pasted a printed page that relates to mining legislation, taken from a 1694 volume of parliamentary acts [Please see our storefront page for shipping information].…