Gold: Legal Regulations for the Standard of Gold & Silver Wares in Different Countries of the World.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1877. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Book with the color folding map showing Australia, with "Gold" at Ballarat; and showing gold on the map of California, and a wonderful chromolithographic plate showing samples of platinum, gold, silver, cinnabar, and scales of gold and platinum. The work is described as being translated and abridged by Mrs. Brewer from 'Die Gesetzliche Regelung Des Feingehaltes Von Gold Und-Silber-Waaren' by Arthur Von Studnitz, and with notes and additions by Edwin W. Streeter. Sml 8vo, xii, 140pp, color folding map of world at frontispiece; chromolithographic plate with gilt highlights showing 6 samples; Appendix, Index, 16pp ads endorsing Streeter's 'Precious Stones and Gems'. Original black & gilt brick cloth boards, lightly rubbed at gilt at author's name and at spine. OCLC: 6364294. Some pages unopened. Very good overall. Item #19843
Price: $75.00