Edelsteinkunde: eine Allgemein Verständliche Darstellung der Eigenschaften, des Vorkommens und der Verwendung der Edelsteine, nebst einer Anleitung zur Bestimmung derselben, für Mineralogen, Edelsteinliebhaber, Steinschleifer, Juweliere
Leipzig: Chr. Herm. Tauchnitz, 1909. Hardcover. Zweite, vollkommen durchgesehene und teilwweise Neubearbeitete Auflage. xvi, 766 p.: color frontispiece and 19 additional leaves of plates (7 in color), many in-text illustrations, including maps; 30 cm. Publisher's half diced calf with maroon cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title. Top page edges gilt. Grey and maroon patterned endpapers. White ribbon bookmark. The color plates have captioned glassine overlays.
In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed, particularly along edges; cloth on back board scraped; faint dampstain along fore-edges; otherwise pages and plates are clean and tight. Very Good. Item #002330
Price: $225.00