May 27, 2004 - Sale 2008

Sale 2008 - Lot 54

Price Realized: $ 2,530
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
RARE WORK ON DIAMONDS BY LAVOISIER (DIAMONDS.) Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent de; et al. Expériences sur le diamant par MM. Macquer, Cadet, Lavoisier & Mitouart. 31 pages. Thin 8vo, modern gilt-lettered, morocco-backed boards. [Paris, circa 1772]

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very rare offprint on the combustibility of diamonds