pettus john (18 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 404 pages. 9.69x7.44x1.14 inches. In Stock.

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Zustand: Very Good. [1982] Facsimile reprint of first edition of 1670. Limited edition, 1 of 600. 26 x 18cm. With b/w frontis and illustrations. Quarter blue cloth, grey paper boards. Gilt lettering lightly rubbed. Clean and tidy. With good black slip case - lightly scuffed. A pleasing copy of the modern reprint of the standard C17th work on mining, which includes a Clavis (glossary) of mining terms.

Zustand: New. pp. 404.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 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. (352*217 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 £20,000 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. SHERWIN W. (illustrator). 1st Edition. An important work in the history of early modern English mining and metallurgy. Uncommon. 1st English edition, 1660, VG, 3 pls, 2 illusts. Small folio, in contemporary worn calf, tips refurbished, re-backed, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt title to red morocco label. Internally, complete with [14], 108 pp, [6] table, [1] corrigenda, engraved portrait frontispiece by W.Sherwin, 2 folding engraved plates with letterpress key on verso, 2 engraved illustrations of arms, armorial bookplate to fpd along with no (James Comerford 1817-1902). (311*193 mm). (ESTC R190. Goldsmiths 1930; Hoover 634; Kress 1270). A key resource for understanding both the mining industry and the broader economic context of the time. Pettus, natural philosopher and politician whose interest in metallurgy and mining led to him becoming a member of the Society of Mines Royal and Battery Works in 1651 and he acted as deputy governor of the royal mines from then until his death, apart from one brief interval. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.

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).

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.

Leatherbound. Zustand: Very good. First edition. [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. 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.

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].