Lot Essay
"Discusses belief in the virtues of gemstones and jewels from ancient periods into the 17th and 18th centuries, with emphasis on its manifestations in England ." (Sinkankas)
Details
EVANS, Joan. Magical Jewels of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance particularly in England, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 3 plates, original cloth gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). [Sinkankas 1965]