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Author : William Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Gems
ISBN : OXFORD:600026453
Author : William Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Gems
ISBN : OCLC:317834023
Author : William Jones (F.S.A.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Gems
ISBN : OCLC:615456472
Author : William Jones Fsa
Publisher : Westphalia Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1633918033
William Jones takes on the difficult tasks of collecting and categorizing the many ways that precious gems have taken on value in different cultures. For example, he studies pearls and the appeal that they have had in different cultures, time periods, uses and across various religious rituals including Judaism, Christianity and the occult. His work tends to highlight lore and legend.Jones was deeply devoted to his research of all things jeweled and ornamental. He wrote several books on related topics, including Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary and Anecdotal; Crowns & Coronations: A History of Regalia and Credulities Past and Present.This new edition is dedicated to Kelvin Low, who takes a special interest in things gold and silver, both old and new, Asian and American.
Author : Helen Molesworth
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593500897
A renowned jewelry expert tells the story of her career working with nature's most extraordinary treasures—gemstones—and traces these rare jewels from ancient Egyptian records through the high-stakes auctions of today Helen Molesworth has been captivated by precious stones since early childhood, but when she tried to join the gemstone industry as a fresh-faced university graduate, she struggled, having no connections in a patriarchal field dominated for centuries by a few family-run companies. She persevered, finding a job at a jewelry market stall in London while studying gemology at night. Two-plus decades later, Molesworth is now an international authority, having been hired to appraise the extraordinary jewelry of such clients as the British royal family. Her book is packed with inside stories about fabulous jewels associated with generations of celebrities, from Cleopatra (emerald) to Catherine, Princess of Wales (sapphire); from Marilyn Monroe (pearl) to Beyoncé (garnet); from Jackie O (pearl) to Lady Gaga (diamond); from Marie Antoinette (pearl) to Elizabeth Taylor (pearl, ruby, and emerald)! As Molesworth tells it, the history of gemstones is the history of humanity. And so she journeys the world, trudging through African diamond mines, Colombian emerald mines, and the sapphire-rich rivers of Sri Lanka to study gems at their source. She has selected ten of nature's most dazzling gems, tracing their first discovery and first trades, from when some cut-and-polished masterpieces adorned empresses and kings, while others fell in and out of favor, only to be resurrected to raise eye-watering sums in a later era. From the priceless emerald watch hidden under floorboards for centuries to the common quartz fashioned into world-famous royal jewels, and diamonds selling for multi-millions, Precious is not just a story of archeology and geology, high society and high finance; it’s the story of our timeless ambition to make—and wear—something beautiful.
Author : Charles W. King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Gems
ISBN : OSU:32435004601704
Author : Sir William Jones, Sir
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298233348
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Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0198187726
Here is a collection of this witty and irreverent author's works--all in their most authoritative texts. Includes The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and other stories and essays.
Author : Charles William King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Gems
ISBN : HARVARD:32044032819377
Author : Charles William King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Gems
ISBN : MINN:319510020681413
Author : Edwin W. (Edwin William) Streeter
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290349711
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Julius Wodiska
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Precious stones
ISBN : NYPL:33433066417555
Author : Edwin William Streeter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Gems
ISBN : UIUC:30112074695088
Author : George Frederick Kunz
Publisher : New York : Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Beads
ISBN : UOM:39015049205779
Author : Harry Emanuel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Diamonds
ISBN : BL:A0017073361