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London: Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. VG : in very good condition with slip case. [1982]. Facsimile Edition. Quarter blue cloth spine and grey board cover. 260mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). 115pp. Facsimile edition originally published in 1670. .

London: H.J. & R.B. for Thomas Basset; reprinted by IMM, 1982; 1670. Facsimile reprint. Boards . Fine/No Jacket. As new.

1982. The Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. London. 1982. Facsimile of the original 1670 edition. Grey boards, sea-blue backstrip. Slight foxing to edges otherwise a clean and fresh copy in slipcase.

London: at the George in Fleetstreet, near Cliffords Inne.: Thomas Basset, 1660. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. SHERWIN W.. 1st English ed, 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, [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. (311*193 mm). (ESTC R190. Goldsmiths 1930; Hoover 634; Kress 1270). 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.

Finely engraved frontis. port., two engraved plates, & two engravings in the text. Title within ruled borders. 7 p.l., 108, [7] pp. Small folio, cont. blind-ruled calf (neat repairs to ends of spine, faint dampstaining towards end), spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label on spine. London: Printed by H.L. & R.B. for T. Basset, 1670. First edition and a fine and large copy of the standard 17th-century English work on mining, valuable for giving an account of the state of mining in England during the period. The glossary at the end is the first attempt in English at a dictionary of mining terms. The fine portrait, here in the second state (signed "W. Sherwin sculpsit"), shows Pettus aged 57. Pettus (1613-90), was the deputy governor of the royal mines in England and Wales. ❧ Duveen, p. 468. Hoover 634.