Le parfaict ioaillier, ou, Histoire des pierreries :
où sont amplement descrites leur naissance, iuste prix, moyen de les cognoistre, & se garder des contre-faites, facultez medecinales, & proprietez curieuses /
composé par Anselme Boece de Boot, medecin de l'empereur Rodolphe II ; et de nouueau enrichi de belles annotations, indices & figures, par André Toll, doct. med. de Leide.

Description

Main Author

Boodt, Anselmus de, 1550-1632.

Related Names

Huguetan, Jean Antoine, active 1602-1649?, publisher.
Tollius, Adrianus, -1675, editor.
Bachou, Jean, translator.

Language(s)

French

Published

A Lyon : Chez Iean-Antoine Huguetan, marchand libraire, en ruë Merciere, à l'Enseigne de la Sphere, MDCXLIV [1644]

Subjects

Precious stones.
Gems.
Precious stones > Precious stones / Therapeutic use
Precious stones > Precious stones / Therapeutic use > Precious stones / Therapeutic use / Early works to 1800.
Gems > Gems / Early works to 1800.
Precious stones > Precious stones / Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Woodcuts (prints) > Woodcuts (prints) / France > Woodcuts (prints) / France / 17th century.

Note

Includes errata on leaf 3C8 recto.
Engraved title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginal notes.
Title page printed in red and black.
Numbers 95-96 repeated in pagination.
Signatures: ã⁸ ẽ⁸ A-3C⁸.
Translator's preface signed by Jean Bachou.
Translation of: Gemmarum et lapidum historia.

Physical Description

[32], 746 [i.e., 748], [36] pages, [2] folded leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 18 cm (8vo)

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