Gaudin, Marc Antoine Augustin (1804-1880) (& others)

Note sur la formation artificielle du corindon. 1837. Ebelman (J. J.) Sur la production artificielle des pierres dures. 1853. Inserted note on emeralds, etc. The transcript from Ebelman, and some notes on the last page, are by the hand of Edward Henry Cradock Monckton [1812-1884], who is also the scribe of the notes on emeralds, which were probably written earlier.

mid-19th century

1 volume 20 ll. + 8 ll. (last 3 bl.). 4to. 221/2 × 181/2 cm. In a ruled note-book: paper covers with title 'Emeralds and rubies (to imitate nature)'. The inserted piece is of larger format (241/2 × 191/2 cm.).

Purchased 1920.

From the Monckton Collection.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).