Diamant et pierres précieuses. Cristallographie, descriptions, emplois, évaluation, commerce. Bijoux, joyaux, orfèvreries [...]. Deuxième édition.

8vo: xii-580 pp. (locally sl. fox.).

Contemp. half red shagreen (edges sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands. Good copy.

2nd ed. (1st same year) of "one of the principal work on gemstones in the French language during the late nineteenth century" (Schuh). Provides still useful information on crystallography, properties, esp. optics of crystal, chemistry, lapidary treatment, use of gemstones (incl. pearls and coral) in ornament and industry, etc. Ill. with a nice chromolith. frontisp. protected by a captioned paper guard and more than 300 fig. in text. Ref. Sinkankas 3182. - Cp. Shuh 2455 (1st ed.). We join : Escard, Jean - Les pierres précieuses. Propriétés caractéristiques et procédés de détermination. Diamant, gemmes quartzeuses, silicatées, alumineuses [...]. Paris, Dunod, Pinat, 1914. 4to: xxvi-[2]-520 pp. (paper sl. brown., sm. marg. defect to title, tear repaired in pl. IV). Quarter red cloth, spine on 5 raised bands, spr. edges. 1st edition. "In its day the largest and most complete general work on gemstones and still very useful". Num. ill. including 24 b/w or col. plates. Ref. Sinkankas 1945. - Meunier, Stanislas - Nos terrains. Paris, Armand Colin, 1898. Large 4to. Contemp. quarter brown shagreen (partly discol.), spine on 5 raised bands, gilt top. Of geological interest, photogr. ill. incl. colour plates. (3 vol.)