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Author : Henry Philip Hope,Bram Hertz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Gems
ISBN : NYPL:33433084027451
Author : Henry Philip Hope,Bram Hertz
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1296543900
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Author : George Frederick Kunz,Charles Hugh Stevenson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547085805
The preparation of this book has been a joint labor during the spare moments of the two authors, whose time has been occupied with subjects to which pearls are not wholly foreign—one as a gem expert, and the other in the fisheries branch of the American government. For many years the writers have collected data on the subject of pearls, and have accumulated all the obtainable literature, not only the easily procurable books, but likewise manuscripts, copies of rare volumes, original edicts, and legislative enactments, thousands of newspaper clippings, and interesting illustrations, many of them unique, making probably the largest single collection of data in existence on this particular subject. It was deemed advisable to present the results of these studies and observations in one harmonious volume, rather than in two different publications. While the book is a joint work in the sense that each writer has contributed material to all of the chapters and has critically examined and approved the entire work, the senior author has more closely applied himself to the latter half of the text, covering antiquity values, commerce, wearing manipulation, treatment, famous collections, aboriginal use, and the illustrations, while the junior author has attended to the earlier half of the book, with reference to history, origin, sources, fisheries, culture, mystical properties, and the literature of the pearl.
Author : Fiona Lindsay Shen
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789146226
From their creation in the maw of mollusks to lustrous objects of infatuation and conflict, a revealing look at pearls’ dark history. This book is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewelry. Pearls are the most human of gems, both miraculous and familiar. Uniquely organic in origin, they are as intimate as our bodies, created through the same process as we grow bones and teeth. They have long been described as an animal’s sacrifice, but until recently their retrieval often entailed the sacrifices of enslaved and indentured divers and laborers. While the shimmer of the pearl has enticed Roman noblewomen, Mughal princes, Hollywood royalty, mavericks, and renegades, encoded in its surface is a history of human endeavor, abuse, and aspiration—pain locked in the layers of a gleaming gem.
Author : George Frederick Kunz
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338109309
This book is about the folklore surrounding many aspects of jewelry. The author says that in it will be found "an interesting galaxy of anecdote, research, and information upon a fascinating subject." The book is divided into ten chapters each dealing with a particular type of gem, or, its supposed powers and so on.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : SRLF:A0004097226
Author : National Art Library (Great Britain)
Publisher : New York : B. Franklin
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSC:32106020263254
Author : Great Britain. Department of Science and Art
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF002234645
Author : Jill Farinelli
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512601176
Two days after Christmas in 1738, a British merchant ship traveling from Rotterdam to Philadelphia grounded in a blizzard on the northern tip of Block Island, twelve miles off the Rhode Island coast. The ship carried emigrants from the Palatinate and its neighboring territories in what is now southwest Germany. The 105 passengers and crew on board-sick, frozen, and starving-were all that remained of the 340 men, women, and children who had left their homeland the previous spring. They now found themselves castaways, on the verge of death, and at the mercy of a community of strangers whose language they did not speak. Shortly after the wreck, rumors began to circulate that the passengers had been mistreated by the ship's crew and by some of the islanders. The stories persisted, transforming over time as stories do and, in less than a hundred years, two terrifying versions of the event had emerged. In one account, the crew murdered the captain, extorted money from the passengers by prolonging the voyage and withholding food, then abandoned ship. In the other, the islanders lured the ship ashore with a false signal light, then murdered and robbed all on board. Some claimed the ship was set ablaze to hide evidence of these crimes, their stories fueled by reports of a fiery ghost ship first seen drifting in Block Island Sound on the one-year anniversary of the wreck. These tales became known as the legend of the Palatine, the name given to the ship in later years, when its original name had been long forgotten. The flaming apparition was nicknamed the Palatine Light. The eerie phenomenon has been witnessed by hundreds of people over the centuries, and numerous scientific theories have been offered as to its origin. Its continued reappearances, along with the attention of some of nineteenth-century America's most notable writers-among them Richard Henry Dana Sr., John Greenleaf Whittier, Edward Everett Hale, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson-has helped keep the legend alive. This despite evidence that the vessel, whose actual name was the Princess Augusta, was never abandoned, lured ashore, or destroyed by fire. So how did the rumors begin? What really happened to the Princess Augusta and the passengers she carried on her final, fatal voyage? Through years of painstaking research, Jill Farinelli reconstructs the origins of one of New England's most chilling maritime mysteries.
Author : Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain). Library,Thomas W. Newton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Geology
ISBN : HARVARD:32044032789372
Author : Edwin W. Streeter
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781528769112
Pearls are glistening, solid object created within the tissue of a living mollusc or other shelled animals. Pearls of the highest quality are categorised as gemstones and considered to be objects of beauty in many cultures. This vintage book explores the world of pearls and pearl farming, giving an outline of its history from ancient times to the developments of modern pearling life. Contents include: “Pearl-culture and Pearl-faming”, “Historical”, “Ancient Ideas of the Origin and Virtues of Pearls”, “Pearl-bearers”, “Mother-of-Pearl Shell”, “The Origin and Formation of Pearls”, “The North-West Australian Fishery”, “The Torres Straights Fishery”, “Pearling Life at the Present Day”, “Cevlon Pearl Fisheries”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.
Author : Ian Balfour
Publisher : ACC Distribution
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023177301
"The history of great diamonds is intimately interwoven with the lives of emperors and conquerors, great kings and queens, with statesmen and soldiers, the rich and famous - but also, inevitably, with those who lead more shadowy lives. Diamonds have been objects of passion, sometimes of war, violence and theft." "As well as being objects of exceptional beauty and rarity, they were once thought to possess magical properties that protected their owners from enemies. Initially a male prerogative reflecting status and authority, these incredible gems later adorned the wives of powerful men, and at times were offered as influential gifts. Few were immune to the temptation of diamonds; many sacrificed their lives and souls to them." "In Famous Diamonds, Ian Balfour tells the fascinating stories of almost 80 of these remarkable gems including the famous: Koh-i-Noor, which is set in the British Crown Jewels; the infamous: the deep blue Hope Diamond, which is said to bring bad luck to all who handle it; the biggest: The Cullinan; and the Hollywood romantic: the Taylor-Burton Diamond. Some have detailed histories that can be traced from the present day back to the moment they were mined, while others have a more mysterious past or have disappeared from view. Also included are shorter entries on a further selection of some forty notable diamonds."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Precious stones
ISBN : UOM:39015036984055
Vols. for July 1964 include Proceedings of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.
Author : Susanne Steinem Patch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Hope diamond
ISBN : UVA:X001440584
Author : Walter Campbell Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Mineralogy
ISBN : OSU:32435000814582