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Catalog Information: 553 lots | 530 with images
Lot 1: DESC-RAIBAUD, B.L. TRAITE DE LA GARANTIE DES MATIERES ET OUVRAGES
D'OR ET D'ARGENT Paris: 1825. 315pp. This is a rare book with illustrations of French poincons for gold and silver in the early 19th Century. LETTRES PATENTES DU ROI Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale. 1781. (2).
Lot 2: DESC-FOUR BOOKS ON GOLD AND SILVER
COMSTOCK, J.L. A HISTORY OF THE PRECIOUS METALS, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS TO THE PRESENT TIME Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley, 1849. 222pp. HATCH, FREDERICK H. AND CHALMERS, J.A. THE GOLD MINES OF THE RAND London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. 306pp. JAC [...more]
Lot 3: DESC-JEFFRIES, DAVID. TRAITE DES DIAMANTS ET DES PERLES
Paris: Debure & N. Tillard, 1753. 104pp. This is the French edition printed three years after the first edition. It is "much searcer than the 2nd edition" according to Sinkankas.
Lot 4: DESC-JEFFRIES, DAVID. A TREATISE ON DIAMONDS AND PEARLS
London: R. Lea and J. Nunn. 1800. 118pp. Sinkankas states, "The first book in English to describe how diamonds and pearls can be evaluated on the basis of the factors of size and style of cut...." Today this is a very interesting and informative text [...more]
Lot 5: DESC-MAWE, JOHN. A TREATISE ON DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES
London: The Author, 1823. 148pp. This is the true 2nd edition in its original binding with hand colored plates. The illustrated color plate shows a diamond cutter bruting and faceting. Sinkankas states "Complete copies of this edition are difficult t [...more]
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