Mar 20, 2003 - Sale 1964

Sale 1964 - Lot 251

Price Realized: $ 11,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
ROSNEL, PIERRE DE. Le Mercure Indien; ou, Le Trésor des Indes. Engraved plate of the arms of the guild of French goldsmiths bound at end. [8], 35, [1]; [8], 71, [1]; 23, [1] pages; lacks the final 32-leaf section pertaining to the French goldsmiths' guild * 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. [12], 108 (of 112) pages; lacks the last 2 leaves. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary calf gilt, bottom of spine chipped, cover corners worn, free endpapers lacking; some light marginal dampstaining in the first work, second work has the leaves in gathering F4 bound out of order, and stains on L3 slightly affecting text on verso. Paris, 1672, 1661
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Second edition of the first work, "written by the jeweler to Louis XIII, long considered one of the best manuals of the gold- and silversmith's trade" (Hoover), and