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PLATT, Hugh (16th century). The Jewel House of Art and Nature. London: Elizabeth Alsop, 1653.
4o. Title within typographical border, woodcut illustrations. (Small hole in A3, trimmed affecting a few sholder notes and some pagination.) 19th-century half calf and marbled boards (covers detached). Provenance: some old writing on title.
Second edition, first published 1594. The revised edition of 1653 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. "This compendium of 150 recipes, experiments and inventions was one of Platt's most popular works" (Hoover). It includes: "Sweet and delicate dentrifices, or rubbers for the teeth"; "how to brew good and wholesome beer without any hops at all" and "how to make an egg stand alone without any help." Bitting p. 476; Hoover 644; Wing P-2390.
4o. Title within typographical border, woodcut illustrations. (Small hole in A3, trimmed affecting a few sholder notes and some pagination.) 19th-century half calf and marbled boards (covers detached). Provenance: some old writing on title.
Second edition, first published 1594. The revised edition of 1653 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. "This compendium of 150 recipes, experiments and inventions was one of Platt's most popular works" (Hoover). It includes: "Sweet and delicate dentrifices, or rubbers for the teeth"; "how to brew good and wholesome beer without any hops at all" and "how to make an egg stand alone without any help." Bitting p. 476; Hoover 644; Wing P-2390.