Illustrations
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Kunz, George Frederick
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Inscription on a Small Piece of Limestone, in Cursive Egyptian Writing—an Ancient Prescription
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Necklaces—(1) Carnelian Beads; (2) Onyx Beads
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Facsimile Page of Italian Vellum Manuscript Treatise of the Virtues of Gems
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Initials from the Lapidario De Alfonso X
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Title Page of the First Edition of the Poetical Treatise on Precious Stones by Marbodus, Bishop of Rennes, Printed in Friburg, 1531
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Title Page of the First Edition of the Greek Treatise by St. Epiphanius on the Gems of the Breastplate, with a Latin Version
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Title Page of One of the Earliest Treatises on Precious Stones Published in England
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Pearl Dealer
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An Air-ship of 1709
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The Tree that Exudes Amber
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A Practical Test of the Virtues of the Bloodstone to Prevent Nose-bleed
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Carnelian Seal, worn by Napoleon I, Napoleon III, and the Prince Imperial
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Specimen Page of Italian Manuscript of Fourteenth Century
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Obsidian Mirror, from Oaxaca, Mexico. Now in Trocadéro Museum, Paris
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Rock-crystal Skull, Ancient Mexican
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Engraved Heliotrope
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Engraved Red Jasper
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Gnostic Gems
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Antique Jade Celt Converted into a Gnostic Talisman
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