PLATT, Hugh. The Jewel House of Art and Nature, London: Bernard Alsop, 1653, 4°, title within typographical border, woodcut illustrations (perforation stamp on title, accession stamp at foot of recto of A2, small hole in A3, lower blank margin of title and three subsequent leaves wormed), contemporary speckled sheep (joints weak, head of spine chipped). [Bitting p. 476; Wing P2390; cf. Hoover 644] Provenance: JCL

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PLATT, Hugh. The Jewel House of Art and Nature, London: Bernard Alsop, 1653, 4°, title within typographical border, woodcut illustrations (perforation stamp on title, accession stamp at foot of recto of A2, small hole in A3, lower blank margin of title and three subsequent leaves wormed), contemporary speckled sheep (joints weak, head of spine chipped). [Bitting p. 476; Wing P2390; cf. Hoover 644] Provenance: JCL

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First published 1594. The revised edition of 1593 appeared under two imprints, one of Bernard, the other of Elizabeth Alsop, and with the addition of a "Rare and excellent discourse of minerals" by Arnold de Boate.

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