| Maker(s): | Pettus, Sir John (author); Ercker, Lazarus (author); Dawks, Thomas (printer) | | Culture: | English (1613-1690)
| | Title: | book: Fleta Minor The Laws of Art and Nature in Knowing, Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining and Inlarging the Bodies of confin'd Metals
| | Date Made: | 1683
| | Type: | Book
| | Materials: | paper, ink, leather
| | Place Made: | United Kingdom; England; London
| | Measurements: | overall: 9 x 14 in.; 22.86 x 35.56 cm
| | Accession Number: | HD 62.036
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Stephen Ensko
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Sir John Pettus (1613-1690) was appointed by Cromwell as deputy-governor of the mines. His Fleta Minor is one of the most important 17th-century works on mining and metals. Book titled "Fleta Minor/ The/ LAWS/ and/ ART and Nature,/IN/ Knowing, Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining/ and Inlarging the Bodies of confin'd/METALS." The text continues: "In Two Parts, The First contains Assays of Lazarus Erckern, Chief Prover (or Assay-Master General of the Empire of Germany) in V Books: originally written by him in the Teutonick and now translated into English. The Second contains Essays on Metallick Words, as a Dictionary to many pleasing Discourses. By Sir John Pettus, of Suffolk Kt. Of the Society for the Mines Royal. Illustrated with 44 Sculptures. Mal. 3.3 Numb.31.31. Jehovah Chimista Supremus. Carolus D.G. Secundus. London, Printed for the Author, by Thomas Dawks, his Majesty's British Printer, at the West end of Thames Street. 1683."
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