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 infallible rules to know the good from the bad, how to prove their genuineness, and to distinguish the real from counterfeits : extracted from the works of Aristotle, Pliny, Isiodorus, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Albertus Magnus, &c
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Type of record: Book
Title: 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 infallible rules to know the good from the bad, how to prove their genuineness, and to distinguish the real from counterfeits : extracted from the works of Aristotle, Pliny, Isiodorus, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Albertus Magnus, &c
Other titles: Speculum lapidum
Classmark: Early Science 2 1750/LEO
Creator(s): Leonardi, Camillo
Publisher: Printed for J. Freeman
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1750
Language: English
Size and medium: xiv, 15-240 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/242912
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014154159705181
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Dedicated to Caesar Borgia.
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