Beschreibung:

Plat (Sir Hugh) The Jewel House of Art and Nature: containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With divers Chimical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation, title in woodcut typographic border and with woodcut of an ear of summer barley to verso, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces and decorative initials, title with short tear, repaired verso, just touching a tiny part of woodcut, and with lower corner repaired, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned throughout, 20th century half morocco, spine gilt, spine darkened, [Bitting p.373; Cagle 935; Simon BG 1186; Kress 889; Goldsmiths' 1294; Wing P2390], small 4to, printed by Bernard Alsop, and are to be sold at his house in Grubstreet, near the Upper Pump, 1653. ⁂ Second edition of this compendium of useful household information including instructions on storing fruit and flowers, 'how to carry gold in a most secret manner', brewing, 'how to speak by signs onely', stealing bees, preventing drunkeness, 'keeping oysters good ten or twelve days', distilling, and much more.