The Great Diamonds of the World. Their History and Romance. Collected from Official, Private and Other Sources during Many Years of Correspondence and Inquiry... Edited and annotated by Joseph Hatton and A.H. Keane
London, George Bell & Sons, October 1882 [second edition]/ [May] 1882.
Octavo, 321, [1], 9 ('Opinions of the Press') pages.
Green cloth stamped in gilt on the spine, and decorated in blind on the sides; covers a little scuffed and marked, with light wear to the extremities; new endpapers; later ownership stamp on an early blank; minimal light scattered foxing; a very good copy.
This work includes a short history and description of approximately 70 famous stones.
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