143 Rare Old Books on Antique Jewelry gems gemstones diamonds pearls jewels rings brooches design making repair guide - Instant PDF Download

THE ANTIQUE JEWELRY & PRECIOUS STONES COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 143 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library teaching you all you could ever want to know about jewelry, precious stones, gems, pearls and of course...diamonds.

THIS COLLECTION IS AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE TROVE OF INFORMATION FOR ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN PRECIOUS STONES INCLUDING JEWELERS AND COLLECTORS.

LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN JEWELLERY, DISCOVER ABOUT ALL TYPES OF RARE STONES AND VALUABLE GEMS, WHERE THEY COME FROM, THEIR VALUES, HOW THEY ARE SHAPED AND CUT & MUCH MORE......

THE FULL LIST OF TITLES SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!

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All of the books have been scanned in HQ and preserved forever in modern pdf format, easy to read on any laptop, computer, e-reader, tablet or even smartphone. This superb compilation of vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. You can also print any page you wish, or even books in their entirety. Some of the antique recipe books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material.



Full List of Books Included:


13th annual illustrated catalog, 1889 containing illustrations and prices of a few leading and staple styles of diamonds, watches, jewelry, silverware, clocks.... (1889)

A book of precious stones; the identification of gems and gem minerals, and an account of their scientific, commercial, artistic, and historical aspects by J. Wodiska (1909)

A descriptive catalogue of a general collection of ancient and modern engraved gems, cameos as well as intaglios Vol. 1 by R. E. Raspe (1791)

A descriptive catalogue of a general collection of ancient and modern engraved gems, cameos as well as intaglios Vol. 2 by R. E. Raspe (1791)

A hand-book of precious stones by M. D. Rothschild (1890)

A Manual of precious stones and antique gems by H. M. Westropp (1874)

A popular treatise on gems - a guide for the teacher of natural sciences, the jeweller, and amateur by L. Feuchtwanger (1867)

A text-book of precious stones for jewelers and the gem-loving public by F. B. Wade (1918)

A treatise on diamonds and pearls by D. Jeffries (1751)

American pearls by H. E. Washburn (1908)

An essay about the origine & virtues of gems by R. Boyle (1672)

Annual catalogue - issued by Bastian Bros. Co., Jewelry Department (1909)

Antique gems and rings Vol. 1 by C. W. King (1872)

Antique gems and rings Vol. 2 by C. W. King (1872)

Antique gems their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history; and as illustrative of ancient art with hints to gem collectors by C. W. King (1860)

Antique jewellery and trinkets by F. W. Burgess (1919)

Bazar de bijouterie & horlogerie (1890)

Bijouterie, joaillerie by E. Bansse (1910)

Birks year book by H. Birks & Sons (1911)

British mineralogy, or, Coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain Vols. 1- 4 by J. Sowerby (1802)

Canadian jeweller 1879-1881 by The Canadian Jewellers Association (1881)

Canadian jeweller 1882 - 1886 by The Canadian Jewellers Association (1886)

Canadian jeweller 1890 by The Canadian Jewellers Association (1890)

Canadian jeweller 1900 by The Canadian Jewellers Association (1900)

Canadian jeweller 1920 by The Canadian Jewellers Association (1920)

Catalogue des diamants, saphirs, émeraudes, rubis, bijoux, argenterie provenant de feu S.A.R. le duc Charles de Brunswick (1910)

Catalogue no. 15 by Chicago Art Metal Works (1912)

Catalogue no. 20 of rings, pins, medals trophies, pennants and banners manufactured as an art by Eagle Regalia Company (1920)

Catalogue of a collection of precious and ornamental stones of North America by Tiffany & Co. (1889)

Catalogue of an important assemblage of magnificent jewellery mostly dating from the 18th century (1921)

Catalogue of antique and medieval gems by Tiffany & Co. (1902)

Catalogue of J.E. Brown & Co. Limited chain makers (1906)

Catalogue of the jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the departments of antiquities, British Museum (1911)

Charles T. Menge's price list of ornamental hair jewelry and device work, nos. 32 and 34 John Street, New York (1873)

Chats on old jewellery and trinkets by MacIver Percival (1913)

Class emblems by Bastian Bros Co. (1922)

Das Geschmeide, Schmuck und Edelsteinkunde by H. Barth (1903)

Der Diamant - eine Studie by A. E. Fersman (1911)

Der schmuck by E. Bassermann-Jordan (1909)

Diamond design by M. Tolkowsky (1919)

Diamond Hall catalogue by Ryrie Bros. (1906)

Diamonds and precious stones - their history, value, and distinguishing characteristics by H. Emanuel (1867)

Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems by L. Dieulafait (1874)

Diamonds by W. Crookes (1909)

Diamonds, pearls and precious stones M. N. Smith (1913)

Die indischen Mineralien, ihre Namen und die ihnen Zugeschriebenen Kräfte by R. Garbe (1882)

Die Perle - Weltorgan für Juwelengold und Silverarbeiter unter Mitwirkung hervorragender Künstler und mit Unterstützung des hiesigen K. K. Museum für Kunst und Industrie Vols. 2, 3 & 4 (1880)

Edelsteinkunde by M. H. Bauer (1909)

Ellis gift book by Ellis Brothers Ltd. (1922)

English jewellery from the fifth century A.D. to 1800 by J. Evans (1921)

Engraved gems, signets, talismans and ornamental intaglios, ancient and modern by D. Osbourne (1912)

Esquisses décoratives by R. Binet (1908)

Everything in jewelry and photo jewelry (1918)

Exotic mineralogy, or, Coloured figures of foreign minerals as a supplement to British mineralogy Vols. 1 & 2 by J. Sowerby (1811)

Facts about precious stones by T. A. Kohn (1893)

Fogerty's directory of the jewelry and kindred trades in the United States by J. J. Fogerty (1877)

Fresh water pearls by V. Simmonds (1899)

Gemmen und Kameen des Altertums und der Neuzeit by G. Lippold (1922)

Gems - notes and extracts by A. Castellani (1871)

Gems and gem minerals by O. C. Farrington (1903)

Gems and precious stones - with descriptions of their distinctive properties, the methods for determining them by H. G. Smith (1896)

Gems and precious stones of North America by G. F. Kunz (1890)

Gems, jewelers' materials, and ornamental stones of California by G. F. Kunz (1905)

Gems, principally from the antique by R. Dagley (1822)

Gem-stones and their distinctive characters by G. Smith (1912)

Gold and Silversmiths Catalogue 1911 (1911)

Guide to the collection of gemstones in the Museum of Practical Geology by W. F. P. McLintock (1912)

Guild of Handicraft, Ltd. - workers in applied art, silversmiths and jewellers, by appointment to the Queen (1902)

Hand-wrought jewelry by H. R. Sorenson (1916)

Henry Birks & Sons - 1905 catalogue - the gold and silversmiths (1905)

Histoire de l'orfévrerie-joaillerie et des anciennes communautés et confréries d'orfévres-joailliers de la France et de la Belgique by P. L. Jacob (1850)

Histoire des joyaux de la couronne de France d'après des documents inédits by J. Bapst (1889)

Holiday specialties - jewelry, watches, silverware, musical goods, leather goods, sporting goods, etc. (1900)

How to make jewelry by G. S. Overton (1914)

Illustrated catalogue by franklin Jewellery Co. (1875-1885)

Inventaire de Marie Josèphe de saxe, dauphine de France by G. Bapst (1883)

Italian drawings for jewelry, 1700-1875 (1921)

Jewellery by H. C. Smith (1908)

Jewellery from Pakistan by Pakistani Export Bureau (1911)

Jewelry and the precious stones; with a history, and description from models, of the largest individual diamonds known by J. R. Paxton (1856)

Jewelry Making by A. Rose (1917)

Lapidary Or The History Of Pretious Stones by T. Nicols (1652)

Le livre de bijouterie de René Boyvin, d'Angers par G. Duplessis (1876)

Leisure hours among the gems by A. C. Hamlin (1884)

Les bijoux, anciens et modernes by E. Fontenay (1887)

Magnificent diamond and valuable sapphires by J. Tennant (1874)

Mediaeval gem engraving by C. W. King (1889)

Minerals from earth and sky by W. F. Foshag (1921)

Miscellanea conchyliologica Vols. 1 - 3 by F. C. M. (1766)

Modern design in jewellery and fans by C. Holme (1902)

Nineteenth century jewelry by Unknown Author (1904)

Old paste by A. B. Ryley (1913)

P.W. Ellis & Co. Limited, the jewellery headquarters of Canada - illustrated catalogue (1915 - 1916)

Papers and notes on the genesis and matrix of the diamond by H. C. Lewis (1897)

Peace year catalogue 1919-1920 by A. W. Smith & Sons (1919)

Pearls - their occurrence in the United States, etc. by G. Kunz (1900)

Pearls and pearling by H. H. Vertrees (1913)

Pearls and pearling life by E. W. Streeter (1886)

Pearls by J & M, New York (1891)

Pounamu, notes on New Zealand greenstone by H. G. Robley (1915)

Precious stones and gems, their history, sources and characteristics by E. W. Streeter (1898)

Precious stones by A. H. Church (1905)

Precious stones by M. Bauer (1904)

Precious stones by W. Goodchild (1908)

Precious stones in nature, art, and literature by S. M. Burnham (1886)

Precious stones; a book of reference for jewellers by W. R. Cattelle (1903)

Schedule of gem-stones by G. F. Glaser (1892)

Self-instructor in the art of hair work, dressing hair, making curls, switches, braids, and hair jewelry of every description by M. Campbell (1867)

Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson (1903)

Spain, costume details, jewelry by The Hispanic Society of South America (1913)

Stories about famous precious stones by A. E. Orpen (1890)

Strassburger historische Schmuck-Ausstellung im alten Rohan-Schloss; Exposition de bijoux anciens et modernes au Chateau des Rohan (1904)

The art of cutting and polishing diamonds by I. Hermann (1885)

The book of talismans, amulets and zodiacal gems with coloured frontispiece and ten plates by W. T. Pavitt (1914)

The book of the pearl; the history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems by G. F. Kunz (1908)

The brooches of many nations by H. A. Heaton (1904)

The chemistry, properties and tests of precious stones by J. Mastin (1911)

The diamond by J. Kay (1908)

The engraved gems of classical times by J. H. Middleton (1891)

The great diamonds of the world. Their history and romance by E. W. Streeter (1882)

The handy book; containing tables, rules and other information regarding the working of the precious metals by Handy & Harman (1914)

The Iroquois silver brooches by H. M. Chapin (1902)

The Iroquois silver brooches by H. M Converse (1902)

The jewellers' book of patterns in hair work by W. Halford & C. Young (1864)

The jewelry department by B. E. Kennard (1917)

The Lewes house collection of ancient gems by J. D. Beazley (1920)

The magic of jewels and charms by G. F. Kunz (1915)

The natural history of gems or decorative stones by C. W. King (1867)

The pearl; its story, its charm, and its value by W. R. Cattelle (1907)

The Ryrie year book, 1921 (1921)

The Ryrie year book, 1922 (1922)

The science of gems, jewels, coins, and medals, ancient and modern by A. Billing (1867)

Through one hundred years ... the hundredth anniversary of the oldest retail jewelry house in New York (1910)

Watchmakers' and jewelers' practical receipt book. A workshop companion by C. E. Walker (1892)

Whittier's description of precious stones by H. C. Whittier (1886)

Wholesale pocket price list of the largest watch house in America....staple styles of diamonds, jewelry, silverware, clocks, and other goods pertaining to the jewelry trade. (1881)



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