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. Also certain and insallible rules to know the good from the bad, how to prove their genuineness, and to distinguish the real from counterseits. Extracted from the works of Aristotle, Pliny, Isiodorus, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Albertus Magnus, &c. By Camillus Leonardus, M.D. a treatise of infinite use, not only to jewellers, lapidaries, and merchants who trade in them, but to the nobility and gentry, who purchase them either for curiosity, use, or ornament. Dedicated by the author to Cs̆ar Borgia. Now first translated into English.

Author/creator Leonardi, Camillo
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for J. Freeman in Fleet-street, 1750.
Description119,200-240 pages ; 8⁰.
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Uniform titleSpeculum lapidum. English
General noteHorizontal chain lines.
General notePp. 120-199 omitted in pagination but text and register are continuous.
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, T146554.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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