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[PLATTES, Gabriel]. A Discovery of Subterraneall Treasure, viz. Of all manner of Mines and Mineralls, from the Gold to the Coale; with plaine Directions and Rules for the finding of them in all Kingdomes and Countries. London: J. Oakes for Jasper Emery, 1639.
4o (172 x 128 mm). (First line of title cropped, other headlines and pagination shaved, last page soiled and with some paper adhesion affecting some letters.) Modern boards.
FIRST EDITION of the first English work on mining and metallurgy. See Ferguson II:207 (note); Wing P-2411.
4o (172 x 128 mm). (First line of title cropped, other headlines and pagination shaved, last page soiled and with some paper adhesion affecting some letters.) Modern boards.
FIRST EDITION of the first English work on mining and metallurgy. See Ferguson II:207 (note); Wing P-2411.