Diamonds: An Early History of the King of Gems 9780300215663

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Автор: Ogden Jack
Название: Diamonds: An Early History of the King of Gems
Перевод названия: Джек Огден: Брилианты. Начальная история короля драгоценных камней
ISBN: 9780300215663
Издательство: Wiley yUP
Классификация:

Горные породы, минералы и окаменелости

ISBN-10: 0300215665
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 408
Вес: 0.69 кг.
Дата издания: 17.04.2018
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 148 color + 10 b/w
Размер: 184 x 245 x 29
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: A lavishly illustrated, in-depth early history covering two thousand years of diamond jewelry and commerce, from the Indian mines to European merchants, courts, and workshops

This richly illustrated history of diamonds illuminates myriad facets of the king of gems, including a cast of larger-than-life characters such as Alexander the Great, the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, and East India Company adventurers. Its an in-depth study tracing the story of diamonds from their early mining and trade more than two thousand years ago to the 1700s, when Brazil displaced India as the worlds primary diamond supplier. Jack Ogden, a historian and gemologist specializing in ancient gems and jewelry, describes the early history of diamond jewelry, the development of diamond cutting, and how diamonds were assessed and valued. The book includes more than one hundred captivating illustrations, from historic diamond-set jewelry, some previously unpublished, to photomicrographs of individual gems, medieval manuscript illustrations, and Indian miniatures, as well as diagrams depicting historical methods of cutting and polishing diamonds.