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JEFFRIES (David). A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls, in Which Their Importance Is Considered, Certain Rules Are Established for Determining Their True Value, and the Correct Method for Cutting Them Is Presented. It also contains Curious Observations, useful to both Merchants and Travelers, and which are even of interest to Politics. Paris, Debure the Elder, N. Tillard, 1753. In-8, a translation based on the second, considerably expanded English edition, illustrated with 10 black-engraved plates bound at the end of the volume, depicting, in particular, the cutting of gemstones. Contemporary marbled sheepskin binding, spine decorated with five raised bands, all edges red. Ex-libris from the Château de Seneffe and a coat-of-arms ex-libris attributed to Jean-Henri SIMON (1752–1833).
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