A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEALL TREASURE, VIZ. OF ALL MANNER OF MINES AND MINERALLS, FROM THE GOLD TO THE COALE. AND ALSO THE ART OF MELTING, REFINING, AND ASSAYING OF THEM IS PLAINLY DECLARED, ALSO A PERFECT WAY TO TRY WHAT COLOUR ANY BERRY, LEAFE, FLOWER, STALKE, ROOT, FRUIT, SEED, BARKE, OR WOOD WILL GIVE WITH A PERFECT WAY TO MAKE COLOURS THAT THEY SHALL NOT STAYNE NOR FADE LIKE ORDINARY COLOURS
London, England: I (John) Okes, for Jasper Emory, 1639. First Edition. Pamphlet. First book on Metallurgy in English. LACKS TITLE. Quarto. (6 3/4" x 5 1/2"). Disbound with leather remnants of spine. Woodcut initials and decorations. Our copy missing first unsigned signature : 4to: B-I , K² [$3 signed]; 34..... More