A short tretis of salt made from Brine raised by the sun pur[ged?] and embodyed by fire. [manuscript] ca. 1700.

Hampshire? ca. 1700.

1 volume ; 19.4 cm x 14.8 cm

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Great Britain -- England -- Hampshire, -- publication place.

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From dealer's description: "40. [Salt-making]: A short tretis of salt made from Brine raised by the sun pur[ged?] and embodyed by fire. [Hampshire?] [c.1700]. Seven-page manuscript study of salt-making and fishing in Lymington, Hampshire. Its section on salt-making is drawn from the work of the mathematician, accountant and Fellow of the Royal Society John Collins (1626-1683), Salt and fishery, a discourse thereof (London 1682). Having used that book, the author introduces a costed economic proposal not provided by Collins, for investing in the fishing, titled “Now for the encouragement of the fishery it may not be amis to set[?] an example of what may be achieved by such an undertaking”. Manuscript, 19.4 cms. x 14.8 cms., 4 leaves, with writing to 7 pages. Black ink, double-ruling in red at inner margin. Browning, shaving to outer margin with loss of text, ink faded, disbound. Provenance: part of Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 11 May 2022, lot 240. Bought by us from an intermediate source. John Collins, Salt and fishery a discourse thereof (London, printed by A, Gidbid and J. Playford, 1682) [Wing (2nd ed.) C5380B]. Christoph J. Scriba, ‘Collins, John (1626-1683)’. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, published 23 September 2004 (last accessed by us 27 March 2024)." Ordered from Leo Cadogan, D9733, 2024-04-05, Cat. New York MMXXIV, 4-7 April, #40

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