Lot 312
Tolkowsky (Marcel) Diamond Design: A Study of the Reflection and Refraction of Light in a Diamond, first edition, original cloth, 1919.
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Tolkowsky (Marcel) Diamond Design: A Study of the Reflection and Refraction of Light in a Diamond, first edition, folding plate, illustrations and diagrams, from the library of Henry Polissack with his book-label, bookplate of Dr.Ronald W.MacCorkell and ink stamp of Neil D.Campbell, endpapers a little browned, original blue cloth, a little rubbed and marked, slight wear to spine ends, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Sinkankas 6663], 8vo, 1919.
⁂ Scarce work on the "ideal cut" diamond; the first systematic mathematical analysis of the optics of diamonds. Library Hub records only 6 copies.
Henry Polissack, dealer in antique jewellery and collector of books on gems and jewellery.
Description
Tolkowsky (Marcel) Diamond Design: A Study of the Reflection and Refraction of Light in a Diamond, first edition, folding plate, illustrations and diagrams, from the library of Henry Polissack with his book-label, bookplate of Dr.Ronald W.MacCorkell and ink stamp of Neil D.Campbell, endpapers a little browned, original blue cloth, a little rubbed and marked, slight wear to spine ends, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Sinkankas 6663], 8vo, 1919.
⁂ Scarce work on the "ideal cut" diamond; the first systematic mathematical analysis of the optics of diamonds. Library Hub records only 6 copies.
Henry Polissack, dealer in antique jewellery and collector of books on gems and jewellery.
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