?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
Mosquera, Dionisio de (b. circa 1681) Litho-Statica, o Theorica y Practica de Medir Piedras Preciosas.
Madrid: por Francisco del Hierro, 1721.
First and perhaps only edition, title page printed within border of typographical ornaments, typographical tables in the text, lacking the folding plate and final ?blank Cc4; two leaves with closed tears along inner gutter, minor worming at gutter, engraved papal portrait on first leaf of dedication; bound in later half leather and patterned paper boards, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
This work is a practical guide for weighing precious stones, including diamonds, rubies, and emeralds.
