A treatise on gems, in reference to their practical and scientific value; : a useful guide for the jeweller, amateur, artist, lapidary, mineralogist, and chemist, accompanied by a description of the most interesting American gems, and ornamental and architectural materials. / By Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger, chemist and mineralogist; member of the New York Lyceum of Natural History, and of the mineralogical societies of Jena, Altenburg, etc. etc. etc.

Main entry:

Feuchtwanger, Lewis, 1805-1876.

Title & Author:

Publication:

New-York: : Printed by A. Hanford., 1838.

Description:

vi, [3], 10-162 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes:
Spine title: New edition. Treatise on gems.
Copyright 1838 by Lewis Feuchtwanger.
Includes index, p. [159]-162.
Checklist Amer. imprints 50317

Subject:

Precious stones.
Building stones.
Pierre à bâtir.
building stone.

Form/genre:

Embossed cloth (Binding) 1838.
Grained cloth (Binding) 1838.
Relief prints.
Paper labels (Binding)
Bookplates (Provenance) MWA.
Library copies (Provenance) MWA.

Added entries:

Hanford, Albert, 1807-1883, printer.
United States New York New York.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76381
Call No.: 9705 A1016; ID:86-B13664
Status: Available

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