Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 1971 at 2 PM, Exhibition from February 16th to Time of Sale. BOOKS ABOUT GEMS, [ITEM 1--157]. The fine collect, 841,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 18, 1971 - February 18, 1971
Page Size: 333 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 MINERALOGY. Chamber's Mineralogical Dictionary...

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102 MINERALOGY. Pearl. Guide to Geologic Literature...

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103 MINERALOGY. Verrill. Minerals, Metals, and Gems...

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104 MINING. Knox. The Underground World, a Mirror of Life Below the Surface...

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105 MINING. Macdonald. Opals & Gold...

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106 MISCELLANEOUS. Emanuel. Diamonds and Precious Stones...

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107 MISCELLANEOUS. King. Natural History of Gems or Decorative Stones...

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108 MISCELLANEOUS. Pliny. Corespondence with Trajan...

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109 MURRAY, JOHN A Memoir of the Diamond... London

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110 NESBITT, ALEXANDER; and THOMPSON, E. MAUNDE Two Memoirs on the "Evangelia Quatuor," once belonging to the Abbey of Lindau, and now to the Earl of Ashburnham Westminster

1885

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111 NICOLS, THOMAS A Lapidary, or the History of Pretious Stones: with cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with Pretious Stones Cambridge

1652

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112 NICOLS, THOMAS A Lapidary, or the History of Pretious Stones . . . Cambridge

1652

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113 NIESSEN, CARL ANTON Verzeichniss Roemischer Altherthuemer Koeln

1896

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114 NORTON, RICHARD and MARTIN A History of Gold Snuff Boxes London

1938

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115 NOTT, STANLEY CHARLES Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages: a Review of its Characteristics, Decoration, Folklore and Symbolism London

1936

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116 NOTT, STANLEY CHARLES. Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages...

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117 OGLE, GEORGE Gemmae Antiquae Caelatae, or a Collection of Gems, wherein are explained . . . the Fable and History, the Customs and Habits, the Ceremonies and Exercises of the Ancients London

1741

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118 ORLEANS COLLECTION. Description des Principales Pierres Gravees du Cabinet de le Duc d'Orleans, Premier Prince du Sang Paris

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119 PEARLS. Hurley. Pearls and Savages...

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120 PEARLS. Macdonald. In the Land of Pearl and Gold, 1907...

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121 PEARLS. Shipley. Pearls and Parasites...

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122 PLAT, SIR HUGH The Jewel House of Art and Nature, containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with sundry new Experiments in the Art of Husbandry, with Divers Chimical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation London

1653

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123 PLINY Historiae Naturalis, Libri XXXVII, quos Interpretatione et Notis Illustravit Joannes Harduinus ... in Usum Serenissimi Delphini Paris

1723

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124 John, Earl of Orrery PLINY THE YOUNGER. Letters; with Observations on each Letter, and an Essay London

1752

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125 POPE-HENNESSY, UNA Early Chinese Jades London

1923

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126 PRECIOUS STONES. Goodchild. Precious Stones...

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127 PRECIOUS STONES. Tyer. Handbook of Precious Stones...

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128 PUGIN, A. WELBY Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Ornaments Edinburgh

1904

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129 RICHTER, GISELA M. A. Catalogue of Engraved Gems, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Metropolitan Museum of Art Roma

1956

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130 ROSENTHAL, LEONARD Au Jardin des Gemmes... Paris

1925

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131 ROSSI, DOMENICO DE Gemme Antiche Figurate; colle Sposizioni di Paolo Alessandro Maffei Roma

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132 ROSSI, FILIPPO Italian Jeweled Arts London

1957

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133 ROUAIX, PAUL Dictionnairc des Arts Decoratifs, a l'Usage des Artisans, des Artistes, des Amateurs et des Ecoles Paris

1890

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134 RUSSIAN ART. Lazarev. Old Russian Murals & Mosaics, XI-XVI Century...

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135 RYLEY, A. BERESFORD Old Paste London

1913

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136 SANTO BARTOLI, PIETRO Museum Odescalchum, sive Thesaurus Antiquarum Gemmarum . . . que a Serenissima Christina Suecorum Regina collectae in Museo Odescalcho adservantur Romae

1751

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137 SANTO BARTOLI, PIETRO Museum Odescalchum, sive Thesaurus Antiquarum Gemmarum . . . Roma

1751

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138 SAVILE-KENT, WILLIAM The Great Barrier Reef of Australia: its Products and Potentialities London

1893

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139 SCHWABE, KURD Im Deutschen Diamantenlande: Deutsch-Suedwestafrika von der Errichtung der Deutschen Herrschaft bis zur Gegenwart Berlin

1909

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140 SILVER. Wilson. Silverwork and Jewellery...

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141 SITWELL, MAJOR GENERAL H. D. W. The Crown Jewels and Other Regalia in the Tower of London London

1953

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142 SMIT, J. K., & ZONEN, 1888-1938 Profusely illustrated with photographs, etc. Amsterdam

1938

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143 SPILSBURY, JOHN A Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, in the Collections of Earl Percy, C. F. Greville, and T. M. Slade London

1785

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144 SPILSBURY, JOHN A Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, in the Collections of Earl Percy, C. F. Greville, and T. M. Slade London

1785

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145 STOPFORD, FRANCIS The Romance of the Jewel London

1920

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146 STREETER, EDWIN W. Group of 3 volumes, as below London

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147 TAGORE, SOURINDRO MOHUN Mani-Mala, or a Treatise on Gems Calcutta

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148 John M. Gray TASSIE, JAMES and WILLIAM: a Biographical and Critical Study, with a Catalogue of their Portrait Medallions of Modern Personages Edinburgh

1894

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149 TAYLOR, ISAAC The Mine New-York

1829

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150 John Hill THEOPHRASTUS. History of Stones, with an English Version, and Critical and Philosophical Notes London

1746

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151 THOMASON, SIR EDWARD Memoirs during Half a Century London

1845

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152 WALSH, ROBERT An Essay on Ancient Coins, Medals, and Gems, as Illustrating the Progress of Christianity in the Early Ages London

1828

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153 WEALE, JOHN Monograms, Old Architectural Ornaments, Sacred Illustrations, Borders and Alphabets, collected on the Continent and in England London

1845

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154 WILLIAMS, GARDNER F. The Diamond Mines of South Africa New York

1905

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155 WORLIDGE, THOMAS A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems . . . etched after the Manner of Rembrandt London

1768

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156 YOUNGHUSBAND, SIR JOHN; and DAVENPORT, CYRIL The Crown Jewels of England New York

1919

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157 MISCELLANEOUS. Collection of well over 100 books, pamphlets, paperbacks, etc., relating to gems and miscellaneous subjects

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158 ABRIDGMENT OF BURN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER; to which is added an Appendix . . . Boston

1773

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159 (AGLIONBY, WILLIAM) Choice Observations upon the Art of Painting, together with Vasari's Lives of the Most Eminent Painters . . . with an Explanation of the Difficult Terms London

1719

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160 ALBERT MODERNE, ou Nouveaux Secrets Eprouves et Licites, recueillis d'apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes . . . Rouen

1782

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161 AMERICAN ART. The Crayon New York

1856

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162 AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, for 1950-51 through 1965 New York

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163 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. A Survey of Libraries in the United States... Chicago

1926

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164 Alexander Wilson AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States New York

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165 S. T. Pridcaux. Illustrated AQUATINT ENGRAVING: a Chapter in the History of Book Illustration London

1968

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166 Zirardini, Antonio ARCHITECTURE. Degli Antichi Edifizj Profani di Ravenna, Libri Due Faenza

1762

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167 ARCHITECTURE. Ramsey, Stanley C.; & Harvey, J. D. M. Small Houses of the Late Georgian Period, 1750-1820... London & New York

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168 ARCHITECTURE. Group of 4 volumes, as below Paris

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169 Brisbane, John, M.D. ART ANATOMY. The Anatomy of Painting, or a Short and Easy Introduction to Anatomy, being a New Edition, on a Smaller Scale, of the Six Tables of Alhinus, and a New Translation of Albinus's History ... London

1769

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170 Rees, Abraham ATLAS. The Cyclopaedia Philadelphia

1818

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171 AUDEN, W. H. Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957 New York

1967

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172 Stanley J. Kunitz, editor AUTHORS TODAY AND YESTERDAY New York

1938

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173 BELLOW, SAUL Mr. Sammler's Planet...

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174 BERLICOM, ANDREA VAN Elementorum de Rerum Naturalium: Gravitate, Pondere, Impulsu, Motu, Loco et Motuum, et Actionum Caussis, Rationibus, ac Modis, Libri XII Roterodami

1656

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175 BERNHARD KARL, DUKE OF SAXE-WEIMAR EISENACH Travels through North America, during the Years 1825 and 1826 Philadelphia

1828

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176 Adams, Ramon F. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Six-Guns fi? Saddle Leather: a Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen Norman

1954

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177 Bennett, Whitman BIBLIOGRAPHY. A Practical Guide to American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books New York

1949

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178 BIBLIOGRAPHY. British Museum. List of Books forming the Reference Library in the Reading Room... London

1910

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179 Leslie T Morton BIBLIOGRAPHY. Garrison and Morton's Medical Bibliography New York

1965

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180 BIBLIOGRAPHY. A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland Ireland . . . 1475-1640 London

1926

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181 BIBLIOGRAPHY. Sterling Library: a Catalogue of the Printed Books and Literary Manuscripts collected by Sir Lewis Sterling, and presented to the University of London

1954

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182 BINDINGS. (Moore). Fables for the Female Sex...

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183 BLOK, ALEXANDER The Twelve New York

1931

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184 EDITH DIEHL BOOKBINDING: its Background and Technique New York

1946

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185 BOOKWORM, THE: an Illustrated Treasury of Old-Time Literature

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186 BOOK CATALOGUES. Group of 12 fine catalogues, as below

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187 BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Ireland. The Book-Lover's Enchiridion...

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188 Curwen, Henry BOOKSELLING. A History of Booksellers, the Old and the New London

1883

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189 BROWNING, ROBERT Dramatis Personae London

1864

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190 Bibliotheque Silvain S. (BRUNSCHWIG). Brunschwig: Incunables et Seizieme Siecle Geneve

1955

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191 CALIFORNIA. Holmes Book Company. A Descriptive & Priced Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, and Maps relating to California & the Far West, formerly the Collecton of Thomas Wayne Norris Oakland

1948

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192 Wheat, Carl I. CALIFORNIA. Books of the California Gold Rush San Francisco

1949

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193 Barbedor, Louis CALLIGRAPHY. Les Ecritures Financiere, et Italienne-Bastarde Basel

1945

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194 F. W. Bateson, editor CAMBRIDGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE New York

1941

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195 CARICATURE. Champfleury. Histoire de la Caricature Antique... Paris

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196 CARLYLE, THOMAS The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell London

1904

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197 Lopez de Arenas, Diego CARPENTRY. Breve Compendio de la Carpinteria de lo Blanco, y Tratado de Alarifes . . . Sevilla

1727

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198 CASLON TYPE-BOOK. Specimen of Printing Types of The Caslon and Glasgow Letter Foundry, Chiswell Street London

1857

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199 Fillon, Benjamin CERAMICS. L'Art de Terre chez les Poitevins, suivi d'une Etude sur l'Anciennete de la Fabrication du Verre en Poitou Niort

1864

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200 CHASSENEUX, BARTHELEMI Catalogus Gloria: Mundi: Opus in Libros XII. Divisum. Nunc vero ita auctum, emendatum, Figurisque illustratum Venetiis

1571

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