A treatise on diamonds and precious stones
Author: John Mawe
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Published: 1813
Total Pages: 202
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Author: John Mawe
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Published: 1813
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wade, Frank B.
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 346
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julius Wodiska
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 482
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Isidore Kozminsky
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frank Bertram Wade
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 348
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Bycroft
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-11-27
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 3319963791
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters are organised into three parts. The first part sets the scene by describing how gems moved around the early modern world, how they were set in motion, and how they were pulled together in the course of their travels. The second part is about value. It asks why people valued gems, how they determined the value of a given gem, and how the value of a gem was connected to its perceived place of origin. The third part deals with the skills involved in cutting, polishing, and mounting gems, and how these skills were transmitted and articulated by artisans. The common themes of all these chapters are materials, knowledge and global trade. The contributors to this volume focus on the material properties of gems such as their weight and hardness, on the knowledge involved in exchanging them and valuing them, and on the cultural consequences of the expanding trade in gems in Eurasia and the Americas.
Author: George Frederick Kunz
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 554
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States National Museum
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 262
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Thomas
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
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Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1465535438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Jeffries
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Published: 1751
Total Pages: 264
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