Fleta minor. The lavvs of art and nature, in knowing, judging, assaying, fining, refining and inlarging the bodies of confin'd metals. In two parts. The first contains assays of Lazarus Erckern, chief prover (or assay-master general of the empire of Germany) in V. books: originally written by him in the Teutonick language, and now translated into English. The second contains essays on metallick words, alphabetically composed, as a dictionary. By Sir John Pettus, of Suffolk, Kt. of the Society for the Mines Royal. Illustrated with 44 sculptures

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  • Fleta minor. The lavvs of art and nature, in knowing, judging, assaying, fining, refining and inlarging the bodies of confin'd metals. In two parts. The first contains assays of Lazarus Erckern, chief prover (or assay-master general of the empire of Germany) in V. books: originally written by him in the Teutonick language, and now translated into English. The second contains essays on metallick words, alphabetically composed, as a dictionary. By Sir John Pettus, of Suffolk, Kt. of the Society for the Mines Royal. Illustrated with 44 sculptures
  • Beschreibung aller f'
  • Laws of art and nature; Fleta minor, spagyrick laws, the second part. Containing essays on metallick words
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed, for the author, by Thomas Dawks, his Majesty's British printer, at the West-end of Thames-street, 1683.
Added name
Dawks, Thomas, 1636- printer.; Pettus, John, Sir, 1613-1690.; White, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver.
Publication year
1683
ESTC No.
R498473
Grub Street ID
375489
Description
[44], 345, [89], 81-133, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (metal cuts), port. ; 2°.
Note
A translation of: Beschreibung aller f"urnemisten mineralishcen Ertzt- und Berckwercksarten

A title page variant (ESTC R5570) has "metallick words, as a dictionary to many pleasing discourses." in title instead of "metallick words, alphabetically composed, as a dictionary." Wing does not distinguish between these variants

"Fleta minor, spagyrick laws, the second part. Containing essays on metallick words: ... by Sir John Pettus," has separate dated title page, pagination and register

Last three lines of text on g2r in two settings. Variant A has "Twenty four English Letters"; Variant B has XXIV. English Letters"

With an engraved frontispiece of the author (plate), signed R. White sculp

Two states of the frontispiece identified. State A has text below bust "Honestus at Pie. AGRM" between two ovals, in one a crown and a pike, and in the other a coat of arms. State B has "AEtatis Suce Jo. 1682/3" and no ovals

Signatures: [A]]2] B-C]2] ]2A]2] a-g]2] ]2B-4S]2] ]24T]2(-4T2) ]3A-2M]2] ]32N]2(-2N2)

Signatures a-g]2] and ]3A-2M]2] ]32N]2(-2N2) are printed within square brackets.