The Playbook of Metals
$125.00
- Author/Editor: John Henry Pepper
- Publisher: New York and London: George Routledge and Sons
- Date: c. 1862-6
- Size: 7 x 5
- Condition: good
History of mines, metals, and coal with a history of alchemy and a series of experiments. Dark green cloth with gold lettering and illustration of mines. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Owners' signatures in ink. With 300 engravings. Interior joints split, fraying at spine and corners.