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PETTUS (JOHN) Fodinae regales. Or, the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and the English Pale in Ireland, FIRST EDITION, 1670
11 March 2020, 13:00 GMT
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PETTUS (JOHN)
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 Mining, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "Ex dono authoris" on front free endpaper, engraved frontispiece portrait, 2 folding engraved plates, 2 engraved illustrations in the text, printed letterpress slip pasted beneath one, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving most of original spine [ESTC R190; Goldsmiths 1930; Hoover 634; Kress 1270], small folio, H.L. and R.B. for Thomas Basset, 1670
Footnotes
Author's presentation copy of the first edition of the standard English treatise on mining in the seventeenth century, with much additional information also on metallurgy and coinage.
Provenance: "Ex dono Authoris", presentation inscription on front free endpaper; R.W. Burton of Torbrit Silver Mines, British Columbia, purchased from Bernard Quaritch in 1950, original receipt (£28.0.0) loosely inserted.