A Catalogue of the Collection of Pearls and Precious Stones Formed by Henry Philip Hope, Esq
Author : Henry Philip Hope
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Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,93 MB
Release : 1839
Category : Gems
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Author : Henry Philip Hope
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Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,93 MB
Release : 1839
Category : Gems
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Author : Henry Philip Hope
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2015-08-08
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ISBN : 9781296543907
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Author : George Frederick Kunz
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Page : 566 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Amulets
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Author : Henry Hucks Gibbs
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Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,36 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Early printed books
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Author : George Frederick Kunz
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Page : 828 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Pearl divers
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Author : Fiona Lindsay Shen
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1789146224
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 : Eleanor Gray
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Page : 218 pages
File Size : 28,80 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Early printed books
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Author : Jill Farinelli
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 28,11 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1611687055
A deeply researched inquiry into one of the enduring mysteries of the New England coast
Author : John Eliot Hodgkin
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Book collecting
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Page : 622 pages
File Size : 45,75 MB
Release : 1853
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