A collection of scarce and valuable treatises upon metals, mines, and minerals : containing curious observations on mines and several minerals produced ... being, a translation from the learned Albaro Alonso Barba ... and the observations of several ingenuous persons of our own country founded on many years of experience.

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EditionThe 2nd ed.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for J. Hodges, 1740.
Description16 unnumbered pages, 319 pages : illustrations
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Included WorkBarba, Alvaro Alonso, 1569- Arte de los metales. English.
Included WorkPlattes, Gabriel, active 1638-1640. Discovery of subterraneall treasure.
Included WorkHoughton, Thomas, Gent. Rara avis in terris.
Included WorkMountagu, Edward, Earl of Sandwich, 1625-1672
General noteRara avis in terris ... has special t.p. -- p.[243].
General noteIncludes: first two books of The art of metals of Alvaro Alonso Barba, translated by Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, p. 1-194; A discovery of subterraneall treasure by G. Plattes, p. 194-241; Rara avis in terris, or, The compleat miner, by Thomas Houghton, p. [243]-319. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
General notePublisher's advertisements (1 p.) at front and at end.
General noteIncludes glossary.
General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 07749.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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