Gemmarum et lapidum historia

Boodt, Anselmus de, 1550-1632, Tollius, Adrianus, 17th cent, Laet, Joannes de, 1593-1649. De gemmis et lapidibus libri duo, Theophrastus. History of stones. Latin & Greek · 1647 · Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Ex officina Ioannis Maire · 59 pictures

Gemmarum et lapidum historia is a 1647 Latin treatise on precious stones and rocks, compiled by Anselmus de Boodt with additions by Adrianus Tollius and Joannes de Laet, printed in Leiden for scholars and naturalists. Its woodcuts show stones and fossil-like objects drawn in close detail: a smooth whorled nodule, a pitted egg-shaped stone with a cross-hatched surface, and clustered rounded forms labelled A, B and C. A designer could take from them the stippled, hatched line work used to suggest mineral texture and form in early natural-history printing.

Precious stones · Rocks · Fossils

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