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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonardi, Camillo, active 1502.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Speculum lapidum. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gems.

Physical Description:

119,200-240 pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Freeman in Fleet-street, 1750.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Horizontal chain lines.

Pp. 120-199 omitted in pagination but text and register are continuous.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T146554.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.