A collection of scarce and valuable treatises upon metals, mines, and minerals : containing curious observations on mines and several minerals produced ... being, a translation from the learned Albaro Alonso Barba ... and the observations of several ingenuous persons of our own country founded on many years of experience.

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Edition:	The 2nd ed.
Imprint:	London : Printed for J. Hodges, 1740.
Description:	[16], 319 p. : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; 07749. Making of the modern economy
Subject:	Metallurgy -- Early works to 1800. Metals -- Early works to 1800. Mines and mineral resources -- Early works to 1800. Mineralogy -- Early works to 1800. Lead mines and mining -- England -- Derbyshire. Lead mines and mining. Metallurgy. Metals. Mineralogy. Mines and mineral resources. England -- Derbyshire. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5984305

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Other uniform titles:	Barba, Alvaro Alonso, 1569- Arte de los metales. English. Plattes, Gabriel, active 1638-1640. Discovery of subterraneall treasure. Houghton, Thomas, Gent. Rara avis in terris. Sandwich, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1625-1672.
Notes:	Rara avis in terris ... has special t.p. -- p.[243]. Includes: first two books of The art of metals of Alvaro Alonso Barba, translated by Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, p. 1-194; A discovery of subterraneall treasure by G. Plattes, p. 194-241; Rara avis in terris, or, The compleat miner, by Thomas Houghton, p. [243]-319. Cf. NUC pre-1956. Publisher's advertisements (1 p.) at front and at end. Includes glossary. Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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