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Lot 214: POUGET, JEAN HENRI PROSPER.

Est: £6,000 GBP - £8,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 08, 2009

Item Overview

Description

TRAITÉ DES PIERRES PRECIEUSES ET DE LA MANIERE DE LES EMPLOYER EN PARURE. .PARIS: THE AUTHOR AND TILLIARD, 1762.
first edition, 4to (260 x 194mm.), hand-coloured engraved title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 79 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, occasional light foxing in text, binding skilfully restored and rebacked retaining original spine

Literature

Cohen-De Ricci 819

Notes



Auction Details

Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts

by
Sotheby's
December 08, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK