An essay about the origine and virtues of gems.
By: Introd. by Arthur F. Hagner. Foreword by George W. White.
Series: Contributions to the history of geology ;; v. 7
Publisher: Hafner Pub. Co.
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Precious stones -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Bibliography: p. xxiii-xxv.
Original t.p. reads: An essay about the origine & virtves 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. London, Printed by William Godbid, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt at the White Hart in Little Britain, 1672.
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