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Lémery, Nicolas

New Curiosities in Art and Nature: Or, a Collection of the Most Valuable Secrets in all Arts and Sciences … Translated into English from the Seventh Edition. London: Printed for John King; Sold by J. Morphew, 1711

8vo (172 x 102 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, title within double-ruled border, text in double columns; quires A, R–U, and Aa browned, fore-edges of quire A and leaves Aa 5–6 somewhat frayed, others a bit rough, some minor worming affecting upper portion of plates at pp. 106 and 124 and touching headlines in quires H–S. Contemporary tree calf; neatly rebacked, joints rubbed.

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ESTC T106315