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Gems

Here are entered antiquarian or artistic works on engraved stones and jewels. Mineralogical and technological works on potential and actual engraved stones and jewels are entered under Precious stones.

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Gem Trader (New York: Sheridan House, c1939), by Louis Kornitzer (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
Mediaeval Gem Engraving, by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
Stories About Famous Precious Stones (Boston: D. Lothrop Co., c1890), by Adela E. Orpen
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913), by George Frederick Kunz (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
Diamonds, Pearls and Precious Stones (Boston: Printed for Smith Patterson Co. by Griffith-Stillings Press, 1913), by Marcell Nelson Smith
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Gems: Notes and Extracts (London: Bell and Daldy, 1871), by Augusto Castellani, trans. by Mrs. John Brogden (page images at HathiTrust)
The Natural History, Ancient and Modern, of Precious Stones and Gems, and of the Precious Metals (London: Bell and Daldy, 1865), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
The Natural History of the Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (London: Bell and Daldy, 1867), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
Precious Stones in Nature, Art and Literature (Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1886), by S. M. Burnham (multiple formats at archive.org)
Diamonds and Precious Stones: A Popular Account of Gems (New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876), by Louis Dieulafait, trans. by Fanchon Sanford (page images at MOA)
Diamonds and Precious Stones: Their History, Value, and Distinguishing Characteristics; With Simple Tests For Their Identification. (second edition; London: J.C. Hotten, 1867), by Harry Emanuel (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems (second and revised edition; London: William Rider and Son, 1922), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
An essay on ancient coins, medals, and gems, as illustrating the progress of Christianity in the early ages (Howell and Stewart, 1828), by R. Walsh (page images at HathiTrust)
The art of gem cutting, complete. (Mineralogist Pub. Co., 1949), by H. C. Dake (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems ... (Scribner, Armstrong, and company, 1874), by Louis Dieulafait and Fanchon Sanford (page images at HathiTrust)
Gemcraft : how to cut and polish gemstones (Chilton, 1959), by Lelande Quick and Hugh Leiper (page images at HathiTrust)
Gem cutting (Manual Arts Press, 1948), by J. Daniel Willems (page images at HathiTrust)
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 (J.B. Lippincott Co., 1913), by George Frederick Kunz (page images at HathiTrust)
The magic of jewels and charms (J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915), by George Frederick Kunz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The science of gems, jewels, coins, and medals, ancient and modern (Bell & Daldy, 1867), by Archibald Billing (page images at HathiTrust)
Antique gems and rings. (Bell and Daldy, 1872), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Antique gems: their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history (J. Murray, 1860), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbook of engraved gems (G. Bell and sons, 1885), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems, selected from the antique : with illustrations. (J. Murray, 1804), by Richard Dagley (page images at HathiTrust)
Engraved gems (M. Sommerville, 1889), by Maxwell Sommerville (page images at HathiTrust)
Francisci Ficoronii ... (sumptibus Venantii Monaldini bibliopolæ, ex typographia Joannis Zempel, 1757), by Francesco Ficoroni and Niccolò Galeotti (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité des pierres gravées (L'imprimerie de l'auteur, 1750), by Pierre-Jean Mariette and Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département des médailles et antiques (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamonds and precious stones: their history, value, and distinguishing characteristics. (J. C. Hotten, 1865), by Harry Emanuel (page images at HathiTrust)
Gem trader (Sheridan house, 1939), by Louis Kornitzer (page images at HathiTrust)
The magic and science of jewels and stones (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922), by Isidore Kozminsky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gems and precious stones of North America. A popular description of their occurrence, value, history, archæology, 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. (Scientific Pub. Co., 1890), by George Frederick Kunz (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbook and descriptive catalogue of the collections of gems and precious stones in the United States National museum (Govt. Print. Off., 1922), by United States National Museum, Edgar Theodore Wherry, Margaret W. Moodey, and George P. Merrill (page images at HathiTrust)
J. J. Bellermann's drei programmen über die abraxas-gemmen. (In der Fr. Nicolaischen buchhandlung [Gedruckt bei Dieterici, 1817), by Joh. Joach. Bellermann and Berlinisch-Köllnisches gymnasium (page images at HathiTrust)
De gemma Abraxea nondum edita (in libraria Croeckeriana, 1848), by Johann Gustav Stickel (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of talismans, amulets and zodiacal gems (D. McKay, 1915), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (page images at HathiTrust)
Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen des klassischen Alterums (Teubner, 1889), by Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer, Otto Keller, and Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
Choix des pierres gravées du Cabinet impérial des antiques représentées en XL. planches décrites et expliquées par m. l'abbé Eckhel ... (De l'imprimerie de J.N. Dekurzbek, 1788), by Joseph Hilarius von Eckhel and Vienna (Austria) K. K. Kunsthistorisches museum. Antikensammlungen (page images at HathiTrust)
Dactyliothecae, seu Annulorum sigillarium quorum priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus, ex ferro, aere, argento & auro promptuarii ... Collectis aliunde & ineditis & editis annulorum figuris auctior (excudit Petrus Vander Aa, 1695), by Abraham Gorlaeus, Bishop of Rennes Marbode, and Jacobus Gronovius (page images at HathiTrust)
The Lewis collection of gems and rings in the possession of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge (C. J. Clay and sons, 1892), by Lewis Collection (Corpus Christi College), J. H. Middleton, and Samuel Savage Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Instituzioni glittografiche o sia della maniera di conoscere la qualità, e natura delle gemme incise, e di giudicare del contenuto, e del pregio delle medesime compilate, e date in luce da Gioseff-Antonio Aldini ... (G. Biasini, 1785), by Giuseppe Antonio Aldini (page images at HathiTrust)
Cabinet de pierres antiques gravées, ou Collection choisie de 216 bagues et de 682 pierres, egyptiennes, étrusques, grecques, romaines, parthiques, gauloises, &c. tirées du cabinet de Gorlée, & autres célebres cabinets de l'Europe ... (Chez Lamy, 1778), by Abraham Gorlaeus (page images at HathiTrust)
Antique gems: their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history; and as illustrative of ancient art: with hints to gem collectors. (J. Murray, 1866), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Au jardin des gemmes. (H. Piazza, 1924), by Leonard Rosenthal (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gems, principally from the antique (Hurst, Robinson, and co.; [etc., etc.], 1822), by Richard Dagley and George Croly (page images at HathiTrust)
Gemmen und kameen des altertums und der neuzeit (J. Hoffmann, 1922), by Georg Lippold (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gemmae et sculpturae antiquae depictae (L. Strik, 1694), by Leonardo Agostini and Jacobus Gronovius (page images at HathiTrust)
H.K.E. Köhler's Kleine abhandlungen zur gemmenkunde ... (Druckerei der Kaiserlichen akademie der wissenschaften, 1851), by Heinrich Karl Ernst von Köhler and Ludolf Eduard Stephani (page images at HathiTrust)
Pyrgoteles oder die edlen steine der alten im bereiche der natur und der bildenden kunst, mit berücksichtigung der schmuck- und siegelringe, insbesondere der Griechen und Römer (G. Schwetschke'scher verlag, 1856), by Johann Heinrich Krause (page images at HathiTrust)
Dactyliothec, das ist Sammlung geschnittener steine der alten avs denen vornehmsten myseis in Evropa sum nutzen der schonen kúnste vnd kýnstler. In zwey tavsend abdrýcken. (Aus der druckerey Bernhard Christoph Breitkopfs und sohns], 1767), by Philipp Daniel Lippert (page images at HathiTrust)
Antique gems etched by Worlidge, on copper-plates, in the possession of Sheffield Grace ... ([Printed by Weed and Rider], 1823), by T. Worlidge (page images at HathiTrust)
Thesaurus gemmarum antiquarum astriferarum quae e compluribus dactyliothecis selectae aereis tabulis CC. insculptae observationibus inlustrantur adiectis paregis LX. Atlante Farnesianoprolegomenis. Diatribis III. Dissertationibus XV et indicibus. (Ex. officina typogr. Albiziniana, 1750), by Antonio Francesco Gori and Giovanni Battista Passeri (page images at HathiTrust)
Edelsteinkunde für mineralogen, juweliere und steinhündler. Practisches lehr. und hilfsbuch zur kenntais, untersuchung und bestimmung von edelsteinen nach einem älteren werke des prof. dr. Reinhard Blum; auf grund des heutigen standes der mineralogie (Druck und verlag Herm. Schlag. nachf. (inh.: C. Hentze), 1907), by J. Reinhard Blum and Wilhelm Rau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The natural history of precious stones and of the precious metals (Bell & Daldy, 1870), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
The jeweled trail (Sheridan house, 1941), by Louis Kornitzer (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems; facts, fantasies, superstitions, legends. (Max Stern & co., 1947), by New York Stern (Max) and company (page images at HathiTrust)
The gem-cutter's craft (Bell, 1906), by Leopold Claremont (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Art and gems. (W. Green, printer, 1891), by C. W. Schumann (page images at HathiTrust)
The handbook of engraved gems. (Bell & Daldy, 1866), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbuch der edelsteinkunde für mineralogen, steinschneider und juweliere (F. A. Brockhaus, 1860), by Karl Emil Kluge (page images at HathiTrust)
A Manual of precious stones and antique gems (Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1874), by Hodder M. Westropp (page images at HathiTrust)
Trattato dei caratteri fisici delle pietre preziose per determinarle quando sieno lavorate (Per Giovanni Pirotta, 1819), by René Just Haüy and Luigi Configliachi (page images at HathiTrust)
Stories about famous precious stones (D. Lothrop company, 1890), by Adela E. Orpen (page images at HathiTrust)
Legends of gems; the strange beliefs which the astrological birthstones have collected through the ages (Graphic press, 1937), by Horace L. Thomson (page images at HathiTrust)
Precious stones in nature, art, and literature (B. Whidden, 1886), by S. M. Burnham (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems (Brooklyn, N. Y., 1916), by Helen Bridgman (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamonds and precious stones: their history, value, and distinguishing characteristics. (J. C. Hotten, 1867), by Harry Emanuel (page images at HathiTrust)
A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems (Printed for J. Edwards, 1792), by Nathaniel Marchant (page images at HathiTrust)
The engraved gems of classical times (University press, 1891), by J. H. Middleton and Fitzwilliam Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
An essay on ancient coins, medals, and gems, as illustrating the progress of Christianity in the early ages. (F. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1830), by R. Walsh (page images at HathiTrust)
Mani-málá; or, A treatise on gems. (Calcutta, 1879), by Sourindro Mohun Tagore (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamonds, pearls and precious stones where they are found, howcut, and made ready for use in the jeweler's art, their composition and value (Printed for Smith Patterson company by Atlantic Printing Co., 1913), by Marcell N. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Taschenbuch der Edelsteinkunde für Mineralogen, Techniker, Künstler und Liebhaber der Edelsteine (Julius Weise, 1834), by J. Reinhard Blum (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité des pierres précieuses, des porphyres, granits, marbres, albâtres, et autres roches, propres à recevoir le poli et à orner les monumens publics et les édifices particuliers ... (F. Schoell, 1808), by C.-P. Brard (page images at HathiTrust)
Something about neglected gems ... ([New York, 1882), by Jaques & Marcus (page images at HathiTrust)
Mittheilung mannichfaltiger versuche und erfahrungen : edelsteine kunstgemass zu schleifen und sie in glasflussen tauschend annlich nachzubilden ... (Verlag, druck und lithographie von B. F. Voigt, 1841), by L. von Konneritz (page images at HathiTrust)
L'art du lapidaire (Garnier, libraire, 1830), by Honoré Lançon (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Kunst des Goldarbeiters, Silberarbeiters und Juweliers ... Nebst einem Anhange über Edelsteine und Perlen. (B.F. Voigt, 1872), by Rudolf Kulmer (page images at HathiTrust)
Pyrgoteles : oder die edlen Steine der Alten im Bereich der Natur und der bildenden Kunst ; mit Berücksichtigung der Schmuck- und Siegelringe, insbesondere der Griechen und Römer (Schwetschke, 1856), by Johann Heinrich Krause (page images at HathiTrust)
H.K.E. Köhler's gesammelte schriften. (K. Akademie der wissenschaften, 1851), by Heinrich Karl Ernst von Koehler, Ludolf Stephani, and Akademii͡a nauk SSSR. (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems, jewels, coins, and medals (London : Daldy, Isbister, & Co., 1875., 1875), by Archibald Billing (page images at HathiTrust)
Description des pierres gravées du feu Baron de Stosch (André Bonducci, 1760), by Philipp von Stosch and Johann Joachim Winckelmann (page images at HathiTrust)
Antiquities explained. Being a collection of figured gems illustrated by similar descriptions taken from the classics. Vol. I. (Printed by J. Bettenham, for C. Du Bosc, 1737), by George Ogle (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems and precious stones of North America. (The Scientific publishing company, 1892), by George Frederick Kunz (page images at HathiTrust)
White lotus : the legend of the cat's eye (Marcus & Co., Jewelers, 1901), by Carlo de Fornaro (page images at HathiTrust)
Shiva, "the Destroyer"; the legend of the moonstone (Marcus & Co., 1902), by Carlo de Fornaro (page images at HathiTrust)
Asneha, the legend of the opal (Marcus & Co., jewelers, 1902), by Carlo de Fornaro (page images at HathiTrust)
Amrita, the legend of the sapphire (Marcus & Co., jewelers, 1902), by Carlo de Fornaro (page images at HathiTrust)
Abhandlungen über die Litteratur und Kunstwerke vornemlich des Alterthums (Bey Ulrich Christian Saalbach, 1776), by Johann Friedrich Christ and Johann Carl Zeune (page images at HathiTrust)
De gemmis Plinii, inprimis de topazio. Oryctologiae plinianae specimen primum. (apud J. Max et soc., 1824), by Ernst Friedrich Glocker (page images at HathiTrust)
Mediaeval gem engraving. ([n.p., 1800), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Leisure hours among the gems (J.R. Osgood and Company, 1884), by Augustus C. Hamlin (page images at HathiTrust)
Jewelry and the precious stones; with a history, and description from models, of the largest individual diamonds known: including, particularly, a consideration of the Koh-i-noor's claim to notoriety. (J. Penington & son, 1856), by Joseph R. Paxton and John Penington & Son (page images at HathiTrust)
Something about neglected gems ... ([New York, 1882), by New York Jaques & Marcus (page images at HathiTrust)
Description des pierres gravées, antiques et modernes, qui composent la collection de feu M. Grivaud de la Vincelle. (chez M. Grivaud, etc., 1820), by Léon-Jean-Joseph Dubois (page images at HathiTrust)
Abraxas seu Apistopistus. (ex officina plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1657), by Joannes Macarius and Jean Chifflet (page images at HathiTrust)
Mythologische daktyliothek. Nebst vorausgeschickter abhandlung von geschnittenen steinen. (bey dem verfasser und in kommission der Steinischen buchhandlung, 1805), by Johann Ferdinand Roth (page images at HathiTrust)
Museo Worslejano. (Società tipogr. de' classici italiani, 1834), by Richard Worsley, Giovanni Labus, and Ennio Quirino Visconti (page images at HathiTrust)
Aglaia. (J. Riise, 1830), by Christoph Hinrich von Sommer (page images at HathiTrust)
Tier- und pflanzenbilder auf münzne und gemmen des klassischen altertums (B. G. Teubner, 1889), by Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer and Otto Keller (page images at HathiTrust)
Museum Worsleyanum; or, A collection of antique basso relievos, bustos, statues and gems, with views of places in the Levant taken on the spot in the year MDCCLXXXV, VI and VII. (Published by Septimus Prowett, 1824), by Richard Worsley (page images at HathiTrust)
De gemmis et lapidibus pretiosis, eorumque viribus & usu tractatus, Italica lingua conscriptus ... nunc vero non solum in Latinum sermonem conversus, verum etiam ... annotationibus & observationibus auctior redditus, a Wolfgango Gabelchovero ... Cui accessit disputatio, de generatione auri in locis subterraneis, illiusque temperamento (Ex officina Matthiae Beckeri, impensis Nicolai Steinii, 1603), by Andrea Bacci, Johann Lange, and Wolfgang Gabelkover (page images at HathiTrust)
De omni rerum fosilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquot plerique nunc primum editi (Excudebat Iacobus Gesnerus, 1565), by Hans Jakob Gessner, Andreas Gessner, Francisco Rueo, Severin Goebel, Conrad Gessner, Georg Fabricius, Johannes Kentmann, Saint Epiphanius, Valerius Cordus, and Georg Agricola (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamants et pierres précieuses (Librairie Hachette, 1874), by Louis Dieulafait (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamants et pierres précieuses (Hachette et cie, 1887), by Louis Dieulafait (page images at HathiTrust)
Dreizehn Gemmen aus der Sammlung (A. Marcus, 1846), by Ludwig von Urlichs and Sibylla Mertens-Schaffhausen (page images at HathiTrust)
Spiegazione di una raccolta di gemme : incise dagli antichi con osservazioni risguardanti la religione, i costumi, e la storia dell'arte degli antichi popoli (Milano : Nell'Imperial monist. di S. Ambrogio Magg., MDCCXCV., 1795), by Luigi Bossi (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on gems, in reference to their practical and scientific value. (Printed by A. Hanford, 1838), by Lewis Feuchtwanger (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamonds, pearls and precious stones (Printed for Smith Patterson company by Atlantic printing company, 1914), by Marcell Nelson Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems ([s.n.], 1915), by Helen Bartlett Bridgman (page images at HathiTrust)
Edelsteinkunde für Mineralogen, Juweliere und Steinhändler; praktisches Lehr- und Hilfsbuch zur Untersuchung und Bestimmung von Edel- und Schmucksteinen (H. Schlag Nachf., 1921), by Wilhelm Rau and J. Reinhard Blum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Diamants et pierres précieuses (Hachette et cie, 1871), by Louis Dieulafait (page images at HathiTrust)
Vollstaendiges Handbuch der Steinarbeiten; oder, Die Kunst alle Arten von Steinen und Schiefer zu gewinnen und zu Bausteinen, Platten, Dachschiefer, Tafeln, Mühlsteinen, Ornamenten, Gefässen, Geräthen, Röhren, Schmucksteinen u.s.w. mit der Hand und mit Maschinen zu bearbeiten. Nebst einem Anhang über künstliche Steinmassen ... (B.F. Voight, 1862), by Carl Hartmann (page images at HathiTrust)
Monumens inédits de l'antiquité, statues, peintures antiques, pierres gravées, bas-reliefs de marbre et de terre cuite (David [etc.], 1808), by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Mlle Sibire, and François-Anne David (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The natural history of precious stones and of the precious metals (Bell & Daldy, 1867), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Note overo memorie del mvseo di Lodovico Moscardo nobile veronese, academico filarmonico, dal medesimo descritte, et in tre libri distinte. Nel primo si discorre delle cose antiche, le quali in detto museo si trouano. Nel secondo delle pietre, minerali, e terre. Nel terzo de corali, conchiglie, animali, frutti, & altre cose in quello contenute. (Per Paolo Frambotto, 1656), by Ludovico Moscardo (page images at HathiTrust)
Introductions a l'étude de l'archéologie, des pierres gravées et des médailles (Girard, 1826), by A. L. Millin, M. Champollion-Figeac, Bon-Joseph Dacier, and Jean-Baptiste-Bonaventure de Roquefort (page images at HathiTrust)
Parfaict ioaillier, ov, Histoire des pierreries (Chez Iean-Antoine Huguetan, marchand libraire, en ruë Merciere, à l'Enseigne de la Sphere, 1644), by Anselmus de Boodt, Jean Antoine Huguetan, Adrianus Tollius, and Jean Bachou (page images at HathiTrust)
Pomp. Gavrici Neapolitani De scvlptvra liber ([publisher not identified], 1609), by Pomponio Gaurico, Philostratus the Athenian, Aldo Manuzio, Abraham van Goorle, and Louis de Montjosieu (page images at HathiTrust)
Raccolta di gemme antiche figurate (Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili, 1805), by Pietro Santi Bartoli and Michel Ange de La Chausse (page images at HathiTrust)
Antique gems : their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history and as illustrative of ancient art : with hints to gem collectors (J. Murray, 1866), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Memorie degli antichi incisori che scolpirono i loro nomi in gemme e cammei (G. Cambiagi, stampatore, 1784), by Domenico Agostino Bracci and Gaetano Cambiagi (page images at HathiTrust)
Le gemme antiche figurate (Per Gio. Giacomo Komarek ..., 1700), by Michel Ange de La Chausse, Thomas Inman, Barry Maxwell Farnham, and Jerry and Gene Jones Jefferson Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
Gemmae antiquae ex thesauro Mediceo (Ex typographia Michaelis Nestenus et Francisci Moücke, 1731), by Antonio Francesco Gori (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems & precious stones in the United States, Canada & Mexico a popular description ... by George F. Kunz. (H. Gray, in the 1st century) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
750 inscriptions de pierres gravées inédites ou peu connues (1898), by Edmond Le Blant (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamonds, pearls and precious stones; where they are found, how cut, and made ready for use in the jeweler's art, their composition and value (Printed for Smith Patterson company by Griffith-Stillings press, 1913), by Marcell N. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamonds and precious stones; a popular account of gems ... (Scribner, Armstrong, and Co., 1876), by Louis Dieulafait (page images at HathiTrust)
Siegel und gemmen mit aramäischen, phönizischen, althebräischen, himjarischen, nabathäischen und altsyrischen inschriften (Schletter'schebuchh., 1869), by M. A. Levy (page images at HathiTrust)
Ein Edelstein der Vorzeit und seine Kulturhistorische Bedeutung. Nach einem im Rostocker Altertumsverein gehalten Vortrage ... (Verlag von F. Enke, 1910), by Rudolf Kobert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The natural history of gems, or semi-precious stones. ([publisher not identified], 1870), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Über den Nutzen und Gebrauch der alten geschnittenen Steine (In der Richterischen Buchhandlung, 1768), by Christian Adolph Klotz, Giovanni Battista Casanova, Johann Michael Stock, and Harold Jantz Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
Engraved gems : their history & an elaborate view of their place in art (Sommerville, 1889), by Maxwell Sommerville (page images at HathiTrust)
General regulations established by the Supreme Grand Chapter for the government of the Order of Royal Arch Masons of England. (Harrison & Sons, Printers, 1879), by Freemasons. England. Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité des pierres précieuses et de la maniere de les employer en parure (Chez l'auteur ... et Chez Tilliard, Libraire ..., 1762), by Jean Henri Prosper Pouget and Mlle Raimbau (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems and jewels : their history, geography, chemistry and ana. : from the earliest ages down to the present time (Richard Bentley, 1860), by A. de Barrera (page images at HathiTrust)
Kulturhistoriske studier over aedelstene med saerligt henblik paa det 17. aarhundrede. (Fordisk forlag, 1915), by Axel Garboe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Raccolta di trenta scelte incisioni in pietre dure appartenenti alcune al Real Museo Borbonico ed altre a private collezioni. (Napoli : [publisher not identified], 1845., 1845), by Italy) Real Museo borbonico (Naples (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue S. Maurice ([Paris] : Ce catalogue se distribue a Paris, chez ledit Sieur Paillet, audit Hôtel de Bullion, rue Plâtriere; ledit Sieur Milliotti, rue Grenier Saint-Lazare, no 4; et Me. Boileau, huissier-priseur-commissaire aux ventes, rue du Bacq, no 262, 1785., 1785), by A. J. Paillet, Charles-Paul-Jean-Baptiste de Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys, Louis-François Prault, L. F. J. Boileau, Alphonzo Milliotti, and France) Hôtel de Bullion (Paris (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of talismans, amulets and zodiacal gems (D. McKay, 1915), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (page images at HathiTrust)
Les pierres gravées du trésor de la Cathédrale de Troyes (Paris : Rapilly, libraire et marchand d'estampes, 1880., 1880), by Eugène Henri Le Brun-Dalbanne and France) Cathédrale de Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Troyes (page images at HathiTrust)
Uttara, the legend of the turquoise (Marcus & Co., jewelers, 1902), by Carlo de Fornaro (page images at HathiTrust)
Monumenti antichi inediti (Roma : Dai torchj di Carlo Mordacchini, 1821., 1821), by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Stefano Raffei, Carlo Mordacchini, and Pietro Paolo Montagnani (page images at HathiTrust)
The natural history, ancient and modern, of precious stones and gems, and of the precious metals (Bell and Daldy, 1865), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Diamonds, pearls and precious stones; where they are found, how cut, and made ready for use in the jeweler's art, their composition and value, by Marcell N. Smith; with sixteen illustrations. (Printed for Smith Patterson Company by Atlantic Printing Company, 1914), by Marcell N. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Description des principales pierres gravées du cabinet de S.A.S. Monseigneur le duc d'Orléans : premier prince du sang. (Chez M. l'abbé La Chau, au Palais Royal :, 1780), by F. Arnaud, Louis Philippe Joseph Orléans, Géraud de La Chau, Abbé Le Blond, Henri Coquille, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress), and Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
Henry G. Marquand collection (American Art Association, 1903), by American Art Association, Russell Sturgis, and Thomas E. Kirby (page images at HathiTrust)
Revised lapidary handbook (J. H. Howard, 1946), by James Harry Howard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Memorie degli intagliatori moderni in pietre dure, cammei, e gioje dal secolo XV. fino al secolo XVIII. (Per Gio. Paolo Fantechi e compagni, 1753), by Andrea Pietro Giulanelli, Giovanni Paolo Fantechi, Pierre-Jean Mariette, and Giorgio Vasari (page images at HathiTrust)
Antique gems: their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history and as illustrative of ancient art (J. Murray, 1860), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Gems and precious stones of Mexico (Imprenta y fototipía de la Secretaría de fomento, 1907), by George Frederick Kunz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Les gemmes et joyaux de la couronne au Musée du Louvre (L. Techener, 1886), by M. Barbet de Jouy, Alfred Darcel, Léon Techener, Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart, and Musée du Louvre (page images at HathiTrust)
Antique gems and rings. (Bell and Daldy, 1872), by Charles W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
Capita deorvm et illvstrivm hominvm ([s.n.], 1721), by Johann Martin von Ebermayer and Erhard Reusch (page images at HathiTrust)
Gemology, the science of gem stones. (Los Angeles, Calif. : Gemological institute of America, [1936-], 1936), by Robert M. Shipley and Gemological Institute of America (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gem cutting; a lapidary's manual. (Van Nostrand, 1962), by John Sinkankas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Knight's gems or device book. (J. Williams, 1830), by F. Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
Gemology; the science of gem stones (Gemological Institute of America, 1932), by Robert M. Shipley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Abhandlungen über die litteratur und kunstwerke vornemlich des alterthums, durchgesehen und mit anmerkungen begleitet (Bey Ulrich Christian Saalbach, 1776), by Johann Friedrich Christ and Johann Carl Zeune (page images at HathiTrust)
Leisure hours among the gems, by Augustus C. Hamlin (Gutenberg ebook)
Gems in the Smithsonian Institution, by Paul E. Desautels (Gutenberg ebook)
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, birth-stones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal, and planetary, by George Frederick Kunz (Gutenberg ebook)
Engraved Gems, by Maxwell Sommerville (Gutenberg ebook)
Il nuovo lume delle gioie: Opera utilissima ad'ogni persona, così a orefici, e speciali, per l'arte pratico. (in Italian), by Pietro Caliari (Gutenberg ebook)

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