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A
TREATISE ON DIAMONDS,
AND
Precious Stones:
INCLUDING THEIR
HISTORY—NATURAL and COMMERCIAL.
To which is added,
THE METHODS OF CUTTING & POLISHING.
WITH
COLORED PLATES.
BY JOHN MAWE,
Honorary Member of the Mineralogical Society of Jena, &c. &c.
Author of Travels through the Gold and Diamond District of Brazil; Lessons on Mineralogy
and Geology, New Descriptive Catalogue, &c.
Here the soft emerald smiles, of verdant hue,
And rubies flame, with sapphire’s heavenly blue;
The diamond then attracts the wondrous sight,
Proud of its thousand dies, and luxury of light,
SECOND EDITION.
London:
PRINTED FOR AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, 149, STRAND; AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1823.
