GEMS & JEWELRY: THE HENRY POLISSACK LIBRARY

1: ABDUL, HAMID II, Sultan of the Turks. Catalogues des Perles, Pierreries Bijoux et Objets d'Art Précieux, le tout ayant appartenu a S. M. le Sultan

2: AGOSTINI, LEONARDO. Gemmae et sculpturae antiquae. 270 engraved plates, including additional title. [38], 83, [1]; [12], 72 pages. 2 parts in one

3: AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS. De re metallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Profusion of plates and

4: ALBERTUS MAGNUS. De Secretis Mulierum libellus... eiusdem de virtutibus herbarum, lapidum, & animalium quorundam libellus. 390, [9] pages. 16mo,

5: ALBERTUS MAGNUS. De Secretis Mulierum Item de Virtuibus Herbarum Lapidum et Animalium. Engraved decorative title. 358; [14] pages. 12mo, calf,

6: ALFONSO X. Lapidario de Rey D. Alfonso X. Full color facsimile of the illuminated manuscript prepared for King Alfonso X of Spain. 4to, 3/4

7: (AMBER.) Group of 4 volumes. Illustrated 8vo, cloth; dust jackets. Vp, vd

8: (ARDENTE ETEREO.) Il Tesoro delle Gioie. [40], 256 pages. 12mo, 17th-century vellum, old scrawls on covers; margins trimmed affecting some

9: (ARDENTE ETEREO.) Il Tesoro delle Gioie. [12], 212, [4] pages, including 2 blanks at end. 12mo, contemporary stiff wrappers, soiled and shaken;

10: ARPE, PETER FRIEDRICH. De prodigiosis naturae et artis operibus talismanes et amuleta dictis... liber singularis. [8], 184, [16] pages, including

11: AUTHENTIC PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF CULLINAN CUTTING ASSCHER, JOSEPH & CIE. The Cullinan [cover title]. Table of contents printed in Spencerian type

12: BABELON, ERNEST C-F. Catalogue des Camées Antiques et Modernes de la Bibliothèque Nationale. 76 plates. 4to, lettered wrappers, rebacked in plain

13: BABELON, ERNEST C-F. Histoire de la Gravure sur Gemmes en France depuis les Origines jusqu'à l'Epoque Contemporaine. 22 plates. 4to, original

14: BARRERA, ANITA DE. Gems and Jewels, their History, Geography, Chemistry, and Ana. 8vo, publisher's violet-blue cloth decoratively stamped in gold

15: (BAUER COLLECTION.) Schneeberger, Pierre -F. The Bauer Collection Geneva: Chinese Jades and Other Hardstones. Profusion of plates, many in color.

16: ONE OF THE GREATEST GEMOLOGICAL WORKS BAUER, MAX HERMANN. Edelsteinkunde. 21 plates, including 8 chromolithographed, each with tissue guards

17: BAUER, MAX HERMANN. Precious Stones. 21 plates, including 8 chromolithographed, each with tissue guards bearing captions with outlines of subjects

18: BILLING, ARCHIBALD. The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins, and Medals, Ancient and Modern. 18 mounted albumen photographs of engraved gems, etc. 8vo,

19: (BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE LIBRARY.) Westwood, Arthur. Catalogue of the Books in the Library at the Assay Office Birmingham. Woodcut borders

20: BJÖRNER, ERIK JUL. Nordisk Hjälta Prydnad Af Gullringar, Dem mann fordum burit, Så wäl på Armer och Händer, Som Fingrar; Jämte bifogade figurer, I