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Contents: I. Le second empire. Vol paged continuously. Empire Volume Part 2 of 2. Jewelry advertising : a collection of selling phrases, descriptions, and illustrated advertisements as used by successful advertisers ; to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in the preparation of attractive advertising. Edited and compiled by William Borsodi. Topics: Jewelry--Marketing--Handbooks, manuals, etc. With 90 illustrations in color, doubletone and line. Partial contents: Magic stones and electric gems -- On meteorites, or celestial stones -- Stones of healing -- On the virtues of fabulous stones, concretions and fossils -- Snake stones and bezoars -- Angels and ministers of grace -- On the religious use of various stones -- Amulets: ancient, medieval, and oriental -- Amulets of primitive peoples and of modern times -- Facts and fancies about precious stones.

Topics: Gems, Charms, Amulets. Volume 2 of 2. Volume 1 of 2. Psychology of botany : a treatise on trees, shrubs, and plants, etc. For each is given some curious lore, sometimes a little mineralogical information, and a discussion of the influence of these upon the wearer and also a synbolic [sic] line drawing, reminiscent of the kind alchemists Plynius Secundus De naturali hystoria diligentissime castigatus.

Sinkankas, p. Partial contents: L. Naturae metallorum. Naturae lapidum et luxuriae marmorum. Origo gemmarum. Black Letter Fraktur and Roman letters. Auctore Martino Rulando. Topic: Alchemy--Dictionaries--Early works to British mineralogy or, Coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, Volume 1.

Volume 1 of 5. For more information on this work, see Conklin's article James Sowerby, his publications and collections, Mineralogical Record, vol. Topic: Mineralogy--Great Britain. Second part: descriptive, commencing with diamond and progressing through the major gemstones to those that are of lesser importance or even rare Topic: Precious stones. Mineralogie de la France et de ses colonies : description physique et chimique des mineraux, etude des conditions geologiques de leurs gisements, tome cinquieme.

Volume 5 of 5. Among many topographical mineralogies that have been published this work stands without peer, being extremely thorough, neglecting no important aspect, and lavishly illustrated. The curious lore of precious stones : being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination, crystal gazing, birthstones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal and planetary.

A significant and comprehensive work on the folklore and healing properties of gemstones. Sinkankas, entry Topics: Gems--Folklore, Gems. Magical jewels of the middle ages and the renaissance particularly in England.

Includes bibliographic references and indexes. Topics: Gems in religion, folk-lore, etc. This booklet published in to celebrate the 20th successful year covers its establishment, functions in teaching engraving, card plate and steel die work, jewelry design, salaries of engravers, advice to students, tuition costs and cost of engraving tools, prices of engraving, photos of students, photos of specimens of engraving by Kandler.

Each volume consists of 24 plates of sample designs. Ashbee, and printed by him at the Guild's Press at Essex House, with the assistance of Lawrence Hodson who sought to keep living the traditions of good printing refounded by William Morris, the master craftsman, and Topics: Goldwork, Sculpture.

Running title: Grandeur nature "Jewelry trade catalogue, no date ca. Company name not listed, but mark shows "Vve B" with anchor in middle in a diamond Topic: Jewelry. Essentially a catalog of the Museo Calceolari. With beautifully engraved illustrations. A lapidary, or, The history of pretious stones: with cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with pretious stones.

The text is distinctly in two parts, the first being a general treatise on gemstones in 25 unnumbered chapters, while the second Per metric carat pricing chart.

Topic: Mineralogy--Early works to Jewelers' Circular, the first jewelry trade magazine, was founded in Name of publisher varies: Robert W. Robins -- S. Steele -- B. Topics: Jewelry trade--Periodicals, Clocks and watches--Periodicals. This edition noted in Gemology, by J. The most important poem, or hymn, for the gemologist is the Lithica, "where in lines the virtues of some thirty gems are set forth with considerable allusion to magic From the content, the form, the viewpoint and the style of this poem, it is most apparent the composer could only have lived Sinkankas, v.

The Timins collection of ancient Egyptian scarabs and cylinder seals, with 21 plates. Percy Edward , The introduction notes provenances, antiquities, motifs, etc. Volume 2 of 3. Contents: 1. Beschreibung und Erklearung der Tafeln.

Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im klassischen Altertum, mit 3 Tafeln. Topics: Gems--History, Glyptics--History. A course in fundamental principles of designing and engraving : a practical self teacher as good as a school, demonstrated and illustrated to the point. Winter's school of jewelry engraving. American cut--the first years : the evolution of the American cut diamond, Partial contents: Old World roots of the American cut -- Mechanization, ingenuity, and Henry Dutton Morse -- More innovations and the emergence of optics -- Merchandising and the early years of the American cut -- Tolkowsky, Shipley, and GIA -- Putting it all together : appearance, proportions, and the American cut.

Topics: Morse, Henry D. Robert Morill , , Wade, Frank B. Part 1 of 2. Topic: Gems. Gems and precious stones of North America : a popular description of their occurrence, value, history, archaeology, and of the collections in which they exist, also a chapter on pearls, and on remarkable foreign gems owned in the United States, illustrated with eight colored plates and numerous minor engravings.

Jewelry trade catalog. Partial contents: Bagues. Topics: Diamonds, Diamond cutting. Topic: Mineralogy. The plates are intensely colored lithographs which were used in Hendley's Indian jewellery, , specifically pl A very rare work, apparently issued only to friends or honored guests of Nawab. It has been The first volume begins with a history of engraved gems in general, followed by an essay on modern gem engravers and their work, and a large description of the art of engraving In contrast, the second volume is entirely devoted to descriptions of engraved gems in the cabinet of Louis XV , King of France The craft and frauds of physick expos'd.

The very low prices of the best medicines discover'd. As also the distill'd waters, censur'd. And the too frequent use of physick prov'd destructive to health. With instructions to prevent being cheated and destroy'd by the prevailing practice. The 2d ed. And augmented with an alphabetical index of all the simples and compounds now in use Index includes entries for: amber, antimony, bezoar, copper, coral, gold, ivory, mother of pearl, nephritick wood, pearl, etc.

Topic: Gems as an investment. Davenport William Henry Davenport , Topics: Caves, Catacombs. The first chapter treats crowns and thrones generally, followed by a chapter on the regalia, and others on ceremonies. Topic: Coronations--Great Britain. Topic: Precious stones--Former Soviet republics. Gems of beauty displayed in a series of twelve highly finished engravings from designs by E. This list has its own title on a bound-in wrapper cover!

Koivula Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones, Volume 3. Hall, Cally Gemstones. Dorling Kindersley, London; New York. Harlow, George. Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Kammerling Gemology. John Wiley, New York. Koivula, John I.

Gemworld International, Northbrook, IL. Liddicoat, Richard T. Nassau, Kurt. Chilton, Radnor, PA. Butterworth-Heinemann, London. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford. Oldershaw, Cally. Read, Peter G. Elsevier, Amsterdam; New York. Roskin, Gary A. Schumann, Walter.

Newly rev. Sterling, New York. Sinkankas, John. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.