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<dl><dd>First published at Madrid in 1640, under title: Arte de los metales</dd>
<dd>Commas substituted for virgules following "Edward" and "Zeisiger" in title page transcription</dd>
<dd>"Das zweyte Buch, von den Metallen, darin gelehrt wird der gemeine Weg, wie man das Silber durch Quecksilber reiniget: darzu etliche neue Regeln gefügt sind darin gedachte Arbeit mehr erläuteret wird. ..."--pp. [119]-198, with separate, dated title page and a separate pagination; register is continuous</dd>
<dd>"Druckfehler."--p. 14, second count</dd>
<dd>Includes an index</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-M⁸ N-P⁴</dd>
<dd>Black letter type; several words on title page and throught text printed in Roman type</dd>
<dd>Tail-pieces</dd>
<dd>An unrecorded variant of Evans 9333 and Hildeburn 1873 (which describe a duodecimo format, include a plate, and lack the addendum (sigs.O-P))</dd>
<dd>Blake, J. NLM 18th cent.</dd>
<dd>ESTC (RLIN)</dd>
<dd>NLM copy provenance: on front fly-leaf, dated (1803) MS. note of ownership in German of Peter [Fahrug?]</dd>
<dd>Will digitize</dd>
<dd>Condition reviewed</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Metals; Metallurgy</div>
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<dl><dd>Barba, Alvaro Alonso, b. 1569</dd>
<dd>Zeisiger, J. George, printer</dd></dl></div>
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