Precious stones; a popular account of their characters, occurrence, and applications, with an introduction to their determination, for mineralogists, lapidaries, jewellers, etc. With an appendix on pearls and coral
Precious stones; a popular account of their characters, occurrence, and applications, with an introduction to their determination, for mineralogists, lapidaries, jewellers, etc. With an appendix on pearls and coral.
Add this copy of Precious stones; a popular account of their characters, to cart. $6.00, very good condition, Sold by Books N Stuff rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from OPELIKA, AL, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by Dover Publications.
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Very good. Text in English, German. illus. (part col. ), maps. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. "An unabridged and corrected republication of the work originally published...in 1904, to which has been added a new foreword with addenda by Edward Olsen." Translation of Edelsteinkunde, Volume II ONLY
Add this copy of Precious Stones to cart. $20.00, good condition, Sold by Sapsucker Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Grafton, VT, UNITED STATES, published 1968.
Add this copy of Precious Stones: a Popular Account of Their Characters, to cart. $600.00, fair condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by London: C. Griffin.
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Fair. 1st ed. Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather. Binding worn, rebacked. xv. 627 pages. Illustrated with 20 plates, many of which are chromolithographic with diagramatic tissue overlays; 94 figure drawings, tables and charts, maps and photographs within the text. Internally generally good, but with institutional stamps throughout from the Peabody Institute. One of the first modern encyclopedic treatments of gemology. Gives the locations and the scientific aspects of precious and semi-precious stones including pearls and coral, and with additional information on cutting and polishing of gemology. "One of the greatest gemological works ever published"-Sinkankas 470-71. Translation of: Edelsteinkunde.
