Feuchtwanger, Lewis (1838, Issue B)
A | Treatise On Gems. | In Reference To Their | Practical And Scientific Value; |
A Useful Guide For The Jeweller, Amateur, Artist, Lapidary, | Mineralogist, And Chemist. Accompanied By A De- | Scription Of The Most Interesting American | Gems, And Ornamental And Arch- | Itectural Materials. [rule] | By Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger, | Chemist And Mineralogist; Member Of The New York Lyceum Of Natural History, And Of The | Mineralogical Societies Of Jena, Altenburg, Etc. Etc. Etc. | [rule] | New York: | Printed by A. Hanford. | [double row of dots] | 1838.
Collation: 4°: [A]4 B-T4 U1; [5] vi [2 blank] [9] 10-162 p.
Plates: 25 woodcut text illustrations
Page size: 140 x 229 mm
Binding: 20th century half calf over cloth, with black lettered label on spine
Provenance: old ink signature "Francis Steward" and autograph inscription "J. Sinkankas | Cdr USN April 1953"
Other editions: 1838 (Issue A), 1859, 1857, 1872
References: Schuh 1648, Sinkankas 2082
Collection: private collection
