Alleur, Editions du Perron, 1997 Bound, blue cloth, gilt lettering with dustjacket, 264pp., 26x32cm., profusely illustr. in col., as new. ISBN 9782871141297.
It is in the heart of our planet - at a depth of more than 200 kilometres - exposed to extremely high temperatures of 1,700 to 2,500 degrees and to a pressure of 75,ooo kilograms per square centimetre - that miniscule carbon crystals, 'diamonds', are born. It is a long road from the rough, often ugly and misshaped stone extracted from the soil to the polished, dazzling diamond it is converted into. This slow and delicate transformation is carried out by many artisans and professionals. Eddy Vleeschdrager relates the exciting road this stone has to travel from mine to jewel.
Antwerp, MIM 1992 304pp.with numerous illustrations in colour and in bl/w, 31cm., hardcover (editor's blue cloth with gilt lettering), illustrated dustwrapper, very good condition, B84546
Anvers Rubin & Son 2009 Un volume in-8 cartonnage bleu, 1068 pages, nombreuses illustrations en n&b. Parfait état.
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Ed. Gaston Lachurie, 1983, 301pp, in-8. Très bon état. Couverture souple illustrée éditeur. (Légères traces d’usage). Intérieur très propre. Sans annotations ni phrases/illustrations soulignées. Voir photos.
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Antwerpen, MIM publishers, 1992, in-4°, 303 pp, index, bibliography, publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and illustrated dust jacket. Well illustrated study of the history of the diamond trade in Antwerp. At the beginning of the 21st century Antwerp is still the leading world centre for the diamond trade, notwithstanding the partially successful joint efforts of the Belgian judicial and tax authorities to curb its activity.