The jevvel 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, and the rare practises and uses thereof. Faithfully an familiarly set down, according to the authours own experience. By Sir Hugh Plat of Lincolns-Inne, Knight. Whereunto is added, a rare and excellent discourse of minerals, stones, gums, and rosins; with the vertues and use thereof. By D.B. Gent.

All titles

• The jevvel 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, and the rare practises and uses thereof. Faithfully an familiarly set down, according to the authours own experience. By Sir Hugh Plat of Lincolns-Inne, Knight. Whereunto is added, a rare and excellent discourse of minerals, stones, gums, and rosins; with the vertues and use thereof. By D.B. Gent.
• Jewel house of art and nature Jewell house of art and nature Additional discourse of several sorts of stones

People / Organizations

• Hugh Plat (Author)
• Bernard Alsop ("printed by")

Imprint

London: printed by Bernard Alsop, and are to be sold at his house in Grubstreet, near the Upper Pump, 1653.

Publication year

1653-1653

ESTC No.

R12749

Grub Street ID

60897

Description

[8], 232 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 4⁰

Note

Originally published as "The jewell house of art and nature" in 1594.

The authorship of "An additional discourse of several sorts of stones," by D.B. Gent. (p. 217-232) and the editorship of the entire work are attributed to Arnold Boate. Cf. DNB.Citation/references Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), P2390