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Handbuch der Edelsteinkunde für Mineralogen, Steinschneider und Juweliere

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Sale 349: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#349) 02/22/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 02/22/2007 1:00 PM PST

Lot #75 Handbuch der Edelsteinkunde für Mineralogen, Steinschneider und Juweliere

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$406.25

Estimate: $500 - $800

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Title:

Handbuch der Edelsteinkunde für Mineralogen, Steinschneider und Juweliere

Author:

Kluge, Karl Emil

Place Published:

Liepzig

Publisher:

F.A. Brockhaus

Date Published:

1860

Description:

xviii, 561 pp. With 15 lithographed plates, 5 of them folding. 8¼x5¼, period morocco-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Sinkankis 3468 - "A remarkably thorough work, incorporating far more information upon all aspects of gemology than any of its predecessors..."

Condition:

Rubbing to covers, spine scuffed, joints tender, lacking top ½" of spine strip; sparse foxing within, old ink name to endpaper, else very good.

Item#:

178495

Headline:

Karl Kluge's Mineralogy Handbook
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