BOOT, ANSELMUS BOETIUS DE. GEMMARUM ET LAPIDUM HISTORIA Leyden: 1647. 576pp. Together with LAET, IOANNIS DE. ANTVVERPIANI DE GEMMIS ET LAPIDIBUS Leyden: 1647. 210pp. This is a very important early work on gemstones and their cutting. Written in Latin it provides the essence of all knowledge on gems available at the time it was written. Of special interest are the woodcuts detailing lapidary apparatus of the period. De Laet's work consists of two books with chapters on each of the many gemstones, transparent and semi-transparent.
BOOT, ANSELMUS BOETIUS DE. GEMMARUM ET LAPIDUM HISTORIA Leyden: 1647. 576pp. Together with LAET, IOANNIS DE. ANTVVERPIANI DE GEMMIS ET LAPIDIBUS Leyden: 1647. 210pp. This is a very important early work on gemstones and their cutting. Written in Latin it provides the essence of all knowledge on gems available at the time it was written. Of special interest are the woodcuts detailing lapidary apparatus of the period. De Laet's work consists of two books with chapters on each of the many gemstones, transparent and semi-transparent.
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