Alonso Barba's "Art of Metals" (Books 3-5), c.1650 - c.1750
Scope and Contents
Books 1-2 of Barba's Spanish original were translated into English and published as: "The Art of Metals In which is Declared the manner Of Their Generation And The Concomitants Of Them," trans. Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich (London: Samuel Mearne, 1670. ) This MS appears to be an unpublished English version of books 3-5. It is prefaced by summaries of books 1-2 taken from the Montagu translation. Unknown hand - the moderately frequent corrections suggest it is perhaps autograph.
Dates
- Creation: c.1650 - c.1750
Creator
- From the Fonds: Parker, George, 1697-1764 (2nd Earl of Macclesfield and astronomer) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
Extent
101 folio(s) (ff.101 [folio] paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
V.2.4
General
Former reference: 9.11
Digitisation Processing Information
The volume contains a number of blank pages and some of these have been omitted from the digital copy - folios 85-86.
Repository Details
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