POPULAR 18TH-C WORK ON PRECIOUS STONES DUTENS, LOUIS.

Des Pierres Pr‚cieuses et des Pierres fines, avec les Moyens de les ConnoŒtre et de les valuer. Wood-engraved tail-pieces. 12mo, contemporary boards, edges of covers and text block foxed; endpapers trimmed along right margin. Paris: Jean Schweighauser, 1778 rare second edition of Dutens's introduction to precious stones written for collectors and jewelers. A popular work, derivitive of De Boodt and De Laet, that "provided useful accurate information and received acclaim and wide distribution"--Sinkankas 1819.