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The jewel house of art and nature: containing divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the art of husbandry. With divers chymical conclusions concerning the art of distillation, and the rare practises and uses thereof. Faithfully and familiarly set down, according to the authours own experience. By Sir Hugh Plat of Lincolns-Inne, Knight. Whereunto is added, a rare and excellent discourse of minerals, stones, gums, and rosins; with the vertues and use thereof, by D.B. Gent.

  • Accession number

    83081321

  • Class

    SR - 97/

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    [8], 232 p. : : ill. (woodcuts) ; 4°.

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

General note: Originally published in 1594 as: The jewell house of art and nature. The authorship of "An additional discourse of several sorts of stones", by D.B., Gent. (p. 217-232) and the editorship of the entire work is attributed to Arnold Boate. Cf. DNB. Signatures: A-2G4; -2G4; stained UK-SuSCL Cited in: Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), P2391 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1977. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 749:11). Ownership and custodial history: MS. ink inscription at foot of t.p.: "Tho. Baker. Coll: Go: Socius ejectus"; MS. ink early signature on foredge of t.p., trimmed: "Robin Rolle" (?); MS. ink notes by Beisly on slip inserted in front of t.p.; From the library of Revd. Sidney Beisly (d. 1876); Beisly bequest, 1896 UK-SuSCL