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Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.Kunz, George Frederick

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Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.

Name: Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.
Author: Kunz, George Frederick

Kunz, George Frederick

Rings; Rings -- Folklore

RINGS

            _By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, Ph.D., Sc.D., A.M._

                          THE CURIOUS LORE OF
                            PRECIOUS STONES

Being a description of their sentiments and folklore, superstitions,
symbolism, mysticism, use in protection, prevention, religion and
divination, crystal gazing, birth-stones, lucky stones and talismans,
astral, zodiacal, and planetary.

                          THE MAGIC OF JEWELS
                              AND CHARMS

Magic jewels and electric gems; meteorites or celestial stones; stones
of healing: fabulous stones: concretions and fossils; snake stones and
bezoars; charms of ancient and modern times; facts and fancies about
precious stones.

 EACH: Profusely illustrated in color, doubletone and line. Octavo.
 Handsome cloth binding, gilt top, in a box. $6.00 net. Carriage
 charges extra.

                            SHAKESPEARE AND
                            PRECIOUS STONES

Treating of the known references to precious stones in Shakespeare’s
works, with comments as to the origin of his material, the knowledge
of the poet concerning precious stones, and references as to where the
precious stones of his time came from.

 Four illustrations. Square Octavo. Decorated cloth. $1.25 net.

  [Illustration:

  THE MAHARANI OF SIKKIM (NORTHEASTERN HINDUSTAN)

  She wears two gold rings, one set with a turquoise, the other
  with coral. The peculiar crown of gold, turquoise and coral is
  that adopted for the queens of Sikkim. From the necklace of amber
  beads hangs a gau, or charm box, set with rubies, lapis-lazuli,
  and turquoise.

  Oil painting by Damodar Dutt, a Bengali artist

  Dr. Berthold Laufer’s “Notes on Turquoise in the East,” Chicago,
  1913]

  [Illustration:

                                 RINGS
                            FOR THE FINGER

    FROM THE EARLIEST KNOWN TIMES TO THE PRESENT,
    WITH FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ORIGIN, EARLY
    MAKING, MATERIALS, THE ARCHÆOLOGY, HISTORY,
    FOR AFFECTION, FOR LOVE, FOR ENGAGEMENT,
    FOR WEDDING, COMMEMORATIVE, MOURNING, ETC.

                                  BY
                        GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ,
                          Ph.D., Sc.D., A.M.

         WITH 290 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR, DOUBLETONE AND LINE

  [Illustration]

                         PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
                       J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
                                 1917]

             COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

                        PUBLISHED JANUARY, 1917

                  PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
                    AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
                         PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.

                   COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
                      OF SCIENCE AND ART EDITION

                                  OF

                                 RINGS

                           (See Dedication)

                      _Limited to fifteen copies_

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.

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