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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
TREASURES OF THE INDIES BERQUEN, ROBERT DE. Les merveilles des Indes Orientales et Occidentales, ou Nouveau traitté des pierres précieuses & Perles,contenant leur vraye nature, dureté, couleurs & vertus. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the dedicatee, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, Duchesse de Monpensier, slightly trimmed along left margin. [8], 152 pages. 4to, contemporary polished sheep with gilt central lozenge on covers within ornamental ruled border, rubbed with some loss at spine ends; scattered light browning; armorial bookplates of H. Th. Baron and Boyer de Ste. Suzanne. Paris: Christophe Lambin, 1669
