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BARBA, ALVARO ALONSO. The Art of Metals, in which is declared the manner of their generation, and the concomitants of them. In two books...Translated in the year, 1669. By the R.H. Edward [Montagu, first] Earl of Sandwich. London: S. Mearne 1674.
2 parts in one, 8vo, 160 x 97mm. (6 1/4 x 3 7/8in.), contemporary sheep, rebacked, corners a little worn, some lower outer corners of text dampstained.
Second Edition in English (first published in English in 1670), one engraved plate.
Norman 115; Palau 23630 (note); Wing B-678 and 682.
Provenance: Thomas Arundel, contemporary signature on title and eighteenth-century engraved bookplate of Lord Arundel of Wardour--Unidentified owner (sale, Christie's London, 2 March 1983, lot 5).
2 parts in one, 8vo, 160 x 97mm. (6 1/4 x 3 7/8in.), contemporary sheep, rebacked, corners a little worn, some lower outer corners of text dampstained.
Second Edition in English (first published in English in 1670), one engraved plate.
Norman 115; Palau 23630 (note); Wing B-678 and 682.
Provenance: Thomas Arundel, contemporary signature on title and eighteenth-century engraved bookplate of Lord Arundel of Wardour--Unidentified owner (sale, Christie's London, 2 March 1983, lot 5).