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LEONARDUS, Camillus. The Mirror of Stones: in which the nature, generation, properties, virtues and various species of more than 200 different jewels, precious and rare stones, are distinctly described, London: J. Freeman, 1750. Small 8°, woodcut headpieces (lightly browned throughout, small tear in lower margin of E8 and gathering G, E8 with slight loss of catchword, a few corners lighyly waterstained), modern panelled calf (new endpapers). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Leonardus was probably the greatest authority of his age on gems. Wheeler 83a.
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