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Le parfaict ioaillier, ou, Histoire des pierreries : où sont amplement descrites leur naissance, iuste prix, moyen de les cognoistre, & se garder des contrefaites, facultez medecinales, & proprietez curieuses / composé par Anselme Boece de Boot, medecin de l'empereur Rodolphe II ; et de nouueau enrichi de belles annotations, indices & figures, par André Toll, doct. med. de Leide.
Anselmus Boetius de BoodtDate: M. DC. XLIV. [1644]
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A diamond cutters' wheel in use (top), and a plan and perspective of the wheel with various components (below). Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 35929i
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[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.
TheophrastusDate: 1774
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Ratnavijnāna / Rādhākṛṣṇa Pārāśara ; bhumikā-lekhaka, Priyavrata Śarmā.
Pārāśara, Rādhākr̥ṣṇaDate: 1998
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Quilatador de oro, plata, y piedras / Compuesto por Juan de Arphe y Villafañe, natural de León, escultor de oro y plata, en las Casas Reales de la Moneda de Segovia ; dedicado a Don Pedro de Pomar.
Arfe y Villafañe, Juan de, 1847-1922.Date: 1678
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Gemmarum et lapidum historia / quam olim edidit Anselmus Boetius de Boot Brugensis. Nunc vero recensuit, à mendis repurgavit, commentariis et pluribus melioribusque figuris illustravit & multo locupletiore indice auxit Adrianus Toll.
Anselmus Boetius de BoodtDate: 1636
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A Manual of precious stones and antique gems / by Hodder M. Westropp.
Hodder Michael WestroppDate: 1874
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Die deutschen Steinbücher des Mittelalters : magische und medizinische Einblicke in die Welt der Steine / Elena Di Venosa.
Di Venosa, ElenaDate: 2005
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Lapidario del rey D. Alfonso X : codice original.
Date: [1881]
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Specimen de gemmarum origine & virtutibus. : In quo proponuntur & historicè illustrantur quaedam conjecturae circa consistentiam materiae lapidum pretiosorum, & subjecta, in quibus eorum praecipuae virtutes consistunt / ab honoratissimo Roberto Boyle.
Robert BoyleDate: M. DC. LXXX. [1680]
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Quilatador de oro, plata, y piedras / Compuesto por Juan de Arphe y Villafañe, natural de León, escultor de oro y plata, en las Casas Reales de la Moneda de Segovia ; dedicado a Don Pedro de Pomar.
Arfe y Villafañe, Juan de, 1847-1922.Date: 1678
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Culpeper's School of physick, or, the experimental practice of the whole art. Wherein are contain'd I. The English apothecary; ... II. Chymical and physical aphorisms ... III. The chyrurgion's guide: ... IV. The expert lapidary: ... V. Doctor Diet's directory: ... As also, The mystery of the skill of physick made easie. VI. Chymical institutions; ... / by Nicholas Culpeper, ... with an account of the author's life, and the testimony of his wife, Mrs. Culpeper, and others.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. School of physickDate: 1699
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A lapidary, sitting at his foot-operated grinding wheel (above), an elevation and plan of his worktable (below). Engraving by B. L. Prevost after J. N. F. Boucher.
Boucher, Juste-Nathan, 1736-1782.Reference: 40510i
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Albertus Magnus de secretis mulierum. Item de virtutibus herbarum lapidum et animalium.
Albertus MagnusDate: A[nn]o 1669
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Fossils as drugs : pharmaceutical palaeontology / Christopher J. Duffin.
Christopher J. DuffinDate: 2008
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An essay about the origine & virtues of gems. : Wherein are propos'd and historically illustrated some conjectures about the consistence of the matter of precious stones, and the subjects wherein their chiefest virtues reside. By the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society.
Robert BoyleDate: 1672
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Le Mercure indien, ou le tresor des Indes. Première partie. D ans laquelle est traitté de l'or, de l'argent et du vif-argent ... Avec une explication sommaire des titres de l'or et de l'argent, et de leur affinage ... / par Pierre de Rosnel, orfévre ordinaire du Roy.
Rosnel, Pierre deDate: 1668
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[Theophrastou tou Eresiou Peri tōn lithōn biblion]. Theophrastus's History of stones. With an English version, and critical and philosophical notes, including the modern history of the gems, &c, described by that author, and of many other of the native fossils / By John Hill. To which are added, two letters: one to Dr. James Parsons, F.R.S., on the colours of the sapphire and turquoise, and the other, to Martin Folkes ... upon the effects of different menstruums on copper.
On StonesDate: 1746
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Caspari Bavhini Basil. De lapidis bezaar orientalis et occidentalis cervini item et germanici ortv, natvra, differentiis, veroqúe vsu. Ex veterum & recentiorum placitis liber hactenus non editus / [Caspar Bauhin].
Gaspard BauhinDate: 1613
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De gemmis aliquot, iis praesertim quarum diuus Ioannes Apostolus in sua Apocalypsi meminit. De aliis quoque quarum usus hoc aeui apud omnes percrebuit. Libri duo Theologis non minus utiles quàm philosophis, omnino felicioribus ingeniis periucundi è non vulgaribus utriusque philosophiæ adytis deprompti / autore Francisco Rueo.
La Rue, François, approximately 1520-1585.Date: 1547
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Specimen de gemmarum origine & virtutibus. : In quo proponuntur & historicè illustrantur quaedam conjecturae circa consistentiam materiae lapidum pretiosorum, & subjecta, in quibus eorum praecipuae virtutes consistunt / ab honoratissimo Roberto Boyle.
Robert BoyleDate: M. DC. LXXX. [1680]
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Wahre Handgriffe : das subtile und flüchtige Gold, so in den Kieselsteinen, Sand, rothen und schwarzen Talksteinen, fettigen Erden und andern metallischen Steinen enthalten, leicht und mit herauszuziehen : sammt der kostbaren Gold-Tinctur / Deutlich beschrieben und wortgetreu nach einer alten Handschrift für Freunde dieser Wissenschaft als Manuscript gedruckt.
Date: [cir1855?]
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Medical jewels, magical gems : precious stones in early modern Britain : society, culture and belief / Tom Blaen.
Blaen, TomDate: 2012

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A diamond cutters' wheel in use (top), and a plan and perspective of the wheel with various components (below). Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.

Ratnavijnāna / Rādhākṛṣṇa Pārāśara ; bhumikā-lekhaka, Priyavrata Śarmā.

Quilatador de oro, plata, y piedras / Compuesto por Juan de Arphe y Villafañe, natural de León, escultor de oro y plata, en las Casas Reales de la Moneda de Segovia ; dedicado a Don Pedro de Pomar.

Gemmarum et lapidum historia / quam olim edidit Anselmus Boetius de Boot Brugensis. Nunc vero recensuit, à mendis repurgavit, commentariis et pluribus melioribusque figuris illustravit & multo locupletiore indice auxit Adrianus Toll.

A Manual of precious stones and antique gems / by Hodder M. Westropp.

Die deutschen Steinbücher des Mittelalters : magische und medizinische Einblicke in die Welt der Steine / Elena Di Venosa.

Lapidario del rey D. Alfonso X : codice original.

Specimen de gemmarum origine & virtutibus. : In quo proponuntur & historicè illustrantur quaedam conjecturae circa consistentiam materiae lapidum pretiosorum, & subjecta, in quibus eorum praecipuae virtutes consistunt / ab honoratissimo Roberto Boyle.

Quilatador de oro, plata, y piedras / Compuesto por Juan de Arphe y Villafañe, natural de León, escultor de oro y plata, en las Casas Reales de la Moneda de Segovia ; dedicado a Don Pedro de Pomar.

A lapidary, sitting at his foot-operated grinding wheel (above), an elevation and plan of his worktable (below). Engraving by B. L. Prevost after J. N. F. Boucher.

Albertus Magnus de secretis mulierum. Item de virtutibus herbarum lapidum et animalium.

Fossils as drugs : pharmaceutical palaeontology / Christopher J. Duffin.

An essay about the origine & virtues of gems. : Wherein are propos'd and historically illustrated some conjectures about the consistence of the matter of precious stones, and the subjects wherein their chiefest virtues reside. By the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society.

Le Mercure indien, ou le tresor des Indes. Première partie. D ans laquelle est traitté de l'or, de l'argent et du vif-argent ... Avec une explication sommaire des titres de l'or et de l'argent, et de leur affinage ... / par Pierre de Rosnel, orfévre ordinaire du Roy.

Caspari Bavhini Basil. De lapidis bezaar orientalis et occidentalis cervini item et germanici ortv, natvra, differentiis, veroqúe vsu. Ex veterum & recentiorum placitis liber hactenus non editus / [Caspar Bauhin].

Specimen de gemmarum origine & virtutibus. : In quo proponuntur & historicè illustrantur quaedam conjecturae circa consistentiam materiae lapidum pretiosorum, & subjecta, in quibus eorum praecipuae virtutes consistunt / ab honoratissimo Roberto Boyle.

Medical jewels, magical gems : precious stones in early modern Britain : society, culture and belief / Tom Blaen.