John Rovenzon (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3 works in 1 volume, a folding genealogical table and one plate, a generally very good hardback (cream cloth, the upper cover lettered in red), covers soiled and the unlettered spine has been given a title in ink by a previous owner, it is tanned, its upper outer joint is rubbed, and it is chipped at its top and bottom, undated.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Third Edition. Combined edition of three pamphlets on metallurgy: Dud Dudley's Mettallum Martis: or, IRON made with Pit-coale, Sea-coale, &c. And with the same Fuell to Melt and Fine Imperfect Mettals, and Refine perfect Mettals, 1665; John Rovinson, A Treatise of Metallica: But not that which was published by Mr. Simon Stvrtevant., 1613; Sturteuant, Simon, Metallica or The Treatise of Metallica: Briefly comprehending the Doctrine of diuerse new Metallical Inuentions, but especially how, to neale, melt, and worke all kinde of mettle oares, Irons and Steeles with Sea-coale, Pit-coale, Earth-coale and Brush Fewell, 1612. (Evidently Sturtevant was outlawed and lost his Patent, which was taken by Rovinson.). Hardcover, full beige cloth, red cover titling. Worn, yellowed and stained, foxing and spots in text, waterstain on lower corner affecting several pages. Pagination: xx, 40, iii, 30, ii, 119, including a four page listing of subscibers and publisher's note explaining the reprinting and giving a few biographical details on Dudley by one John Bagnall. There is also a folding genealogical chart for the Dudleys and a sort of a map. Not a lot of practical information, but interesting historically.

Three rare17th century works on Ironfounding reprinted to subscription by John Nock Bagnall [1826-1884] in 1854 Quarto publishers cloth badly stained, but internally clean and sound, folding frontispiece and one plate Single page subscribers list accounting for c 260 copies.