Displaying 1 of 1 1993 Format: Book Author: Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932. Title: The book of the pearl : the history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems / George Frederick Kunz and Charles Hugh Stevenson. Publisher, Date: New York : Dover Publications, 1993. Description: xix, 548 pages [49] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Subjects: Pearls. Other Author: Stevenson, Charles Hugh, 1869-1943. Notes: "An unabridged republication of the work originally published by the Century Co., New York, in 1908"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-538) and index. Contents: Introduction -- Pearls Among the Ancients -- Medieval and Modern History -- Origin of Pearls -- Structure and Forms of Pearls -- Sources of Pearls -- Pearls from Asia -- East African Pearl Fisheries -- European Pearl Fisheries -- Islands of the Pacific -- American Pearls -- Pearl-Culture and Pearl-Farming -- Mystical and Medicinal Properties of Pearls -- Values and Commerce of Pearls -- Treatment and Care of Pearls -- Pearls Used in Ornaments and Decoration -- Famous Pearls and Collections -- The Aboriginal Use of Pearls, and Their Discovery in Mounds and Graves -- Bibliography -- Index. LCCN: 93002343 ISBN: 0486277453 9780486277455 Other Number: 28222680 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 66444 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 639.412 Kunz Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
