Diamonds & Precious Stones Rare The Bookshop

First edition in English. Folio (32.5 x 20.5 cm), [2], 2, [18], 184, 195-264, [2], 214, [8], 119, [3] pp., 24 engraved plates (2 folding, 1 with short split to fold), contemporary sprinkled calf, neatly rebacked preserving old red morocco lettering piece, lower outer corner upper board repaired, a very good copy.

First edition; 8vo (17 x 11.5 cm); title within double-ruled woodcut border, title a little soiled with very minor restoration to inner margin, a good copy otherwise, ink ownership inscription to head, bookplate to front pastedown; 20th century morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded; [16], 180, 182-185pp.

First English edition; 12mo (13.5 x 8 cm); light marking and soiling to title, I2 with small portion of restoration, affecting a few words, occasional browning, margins trimmed, ink inscription 'ffor my Lady Conway' pasted to front free endpaper, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown, auction description tipped onto front pastedown, repair in manuscript to hole in I2; contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, sympathetically rebacked, edges stained red, extremities lightly rubbed; [16], 128pp.

First edition. Folio (36.2 x 26.9 cm). Letterpress title printed in red and black, 4-page Preface. 104 woodburytypes on 29 mounts (some spotting to mounts). Original black diced russia, brass clasps and catches, edges gilt, gilt-stamped on turn in by London agents Stafford & Guy, rebacked, an attractive example.