'Cuprum sulphuratum' mb-code 1620734 Inscribed in latin

Inscribed in latin

as Venus is near the solar edge

Cuper's Bridge formed part of Cuper's Pleasure Gardens which operated between c1690 and c1760

with coach and figures in Guildhall Yard

'Cuprum sulphuratum' mb-code 1620734 Inscribed in latinSpecimens of copper sulphate, here termed 'sulphuret of copper', with a figure showing its crystalline form. Plate 77 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that 'This copper ore is not uncommon; but the form of the crystallization in this specimen is either rare, or has been hitherto overlooked