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Pryce, William (1778)
Mineralogia Cornubiensis; | A | Treatise | On | Minerals, Mines, | And | Mining: | Containing | The Theory And Natural History Of | Strata, Fissures, And Lodes, | With The Methods Of | Discovering And Working Of Tin, | Copper, And Lead Mines, | And Of | Cleansing And Metalizing Their Products; | Shewing Each Particular Process For | Dressing, Assaying, And Smelting Of Ores. | To Which Is Added, | An Explanation Of The Terms And | Idioms Of Miners. | By W. Pryce, of Redruth in Cornwall. | Hi ex Terrâ Saxosâ, cujus Venas Sequuti, | Effodiunt Stannum, &c. Diod. Sicul. Latin Translat. | London: | Printed And Sold For The Author, | By James Phillips, George–Yard, Lombard–Street. | Sold Also By B. White, Fleet–Street; And J. Robson, | New Bond–Street. MDCCLXXVIII.
Collation: 2°: π 2 * 2 ** 2 *** 2 A 2 a 1 * 2 ** 2 *** 2 **** 1 b-c 2 d 3 e 1 B-Z 2 2A-2Z 2 3A-3Z 2 4A-4P 2; [36] [1] ii-xiv [2] [1] 2-331 [1] p., engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved plates, 2 folding tables
Plates: engraved frontispiece portrait, 6 engraved plates numbered "Plate 1-6", unsigned, and 2 folding tables
Page
size: 240 x 374 mm
Binding: later half leather over marbled boards, with gilt ornaments and lettering on red leather label
Provenance: ex libris "Rudolph Glossop, Bakewell"
Other
editions: 1810 (?)
References: Hoover 666, Schuh 3990
Collection: private collection


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