Rare Books

The mirror of stones : : in which the nature, generation, properties, virtues and various species of more than 200 different jewels, precious and rare stones, are distinctly described. Also certain and infallabile rules to know the good from the bad, how to prove their genuineness, and to distinguish the real from counterfeits. Extracted from the works of Aristotle, Pliny, Isiodorus, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Albertus Magnus, &c