first edition Full contemporary calf.
1748 · London
by Brownrigg, W
London: C Davis, 1748. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good, bright; joints strained.. 8vo, xxiv, 295, [3 - errata] pp. + 6 folding copper plates of apparatus. The half-title is retained.
Practical considerations of commerce led the author to examine the various means of producing salt. He concluded that salt could be made economically in England. Duveen points out that this is a valuable book. It provides the first detailed account of the importation of platinum from the West Indies. The plates are deep impressions of the buildings and apparatus used in the making of salt. Cole #209; Duveen p. 104; Partington III, 127-130. (Inventory #: 1054)
Practical considerations of commerce led the author to examine the various means of producing salt. He concluded that salt could be made economically in England. Duveen points out that this is a valuable book. It provides the first detailed account of the importation of platinum from the West Indies. The plates are deep impressions of the buildings and apparatus used in the making of salt. Cole #209; Duveen p. 104; Partington III, 127-130. (Inventory #: 1054)
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