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1. 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.

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Creator:: Mawe, John, 1764–1829
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: xx, 148 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : with colored plates : to which is added a practical description of the use of the lapidary's apparatus, explaining the methods of slitting and polishing pebbles, &c. / by John Mawe, Honorary Member of the Mineralogical Society of Jena, &c. &c. author of Travels through the gold and diamond district of Brasil, Treatise on diamonds and precious stones, Descriptive catalogue, &c.

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Creator:: Mawe, John, 1764–1829
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 108, iii, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : explaining the easiest methods of discriminating minerals, and the earthy substances commonly called rocks, which compose the primitive, secondary, floetz or flat, and alluvial formations : to which is added, a description of the lapidaries' apparatus, &c. : with engravings and coloured plate / by J. Mawe, author of the New descriptive catalogue of minerals, &c., &c.

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Creator:: Mawe, John, 1764–1829
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: viii, 78, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Travels in the gold and diamond districts of Brazil : describing the methods of working the mines, the natural productions, agriculture, and commerce, and the customs and manners of the inhabitants : to which is added a brief account of the practice of amalgamation practised in Peru and Chili [sic] / by John Mawe.

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Creator:: Mawe, John, 1764–1829
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: x, [2], 493 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts