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Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins and Medals
March 2003, Kessinger Publishing
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in English
0766146081 9780766146082
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"A TREATISE on Gems naturally embraces the precious stones, or jewels ; for although the word " gem " has been for ages conventionally applied to stones with some subject or device engraved upon them,-such as the ring-stones alluded to by Maecenas, one of the first connoisseur gem-collectors on record, in his epistle to Horace,* - the Romans had no name for jewel but gemma ; + nor for jeweller, except gemmarius."
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