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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,
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
- Notes: 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 first edition of the second, an important treatise on the gems, pearls, and precious metals of the East and West Indies, by a Paris jeweler and goldsmith. Sinkankas 5571 (not having seen a copy of this edition) and 592; Alden 671/197 and 661/14 (for references to gold and silver in the New World); Duveen, pages 516 and 71 (citing other editions); Hoover 692 (for Rosnel).
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