The Book of the Pearl
by George Frederick Kunz
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About this eBook
- Author
- Stevenson, Charles Hugh, 1869-1943
- Title
- The Book of the Pearl The history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems
- Credits
- Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
- Subject
- Pearls
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 63299
- Release Date
- September 26, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE BOOK OF THE PEARL THE HISTORY, ART, SCIENCE, AND INDUSTRY OF THE QUEEN OF GEMS
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.MAPS
- 5.INTRODUCTION — I PEARLS AMONG THE ANCIENTS
- 6.II MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY OF PEARLS
- 7.III ORIGIN OF PEARLS
- 8.IV STRUCTURE AND FORMS OF PEARLS
- 9.V SOURCES OF PEARLS
- 10.VI THE PEARL FISHERIES OF THE PERSIAN GULF — THE PEARL FISHERIES OF CEYLON — THE PEARL FISHERIES OF INDIA — THE PEARL FISHERIES OF THE RED SEA, GULF OF ADEN, ETC. — THE PEARL FISHERIES OF CHINA, JAPAN, SIBERIA, ETC.
- 11.VII EAST AFRICAN PEARL FISHERIES
- 12.VIII PEARL FISHERIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES — THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE
- 13.IX PEARL FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS — PEARL FISHERIES OF AUSTRALIA — PEARL FISHERIES OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO — STATEMENT MADE BY THE SULTAN OF SULU RELATIVE TO THE PEARL FISHERIES
- 14.X PEARL FISHERIES OF VENEZUELA — Of the maner of fyshynge for perles — THE PANAMA PEARL FISHERIES — THE PEARL FISHERIES OF MEXICO — AMERICAN FRESH WATERS — MISCELLANEOUS PEARL FISHERIES OF AMERICA
- 15.XI PEARL-CULTURE AND PEARL-FARMING
- 16.XII MYSTICAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF PEARLS
- 17.XIII VALUES AND COMMERCE OF PEARLS
- 18.XIV TREATMENT AND CARE OF PEARLS
- 19.XV PEARLS AS USED IN ORNAMENTS AND DECORATION
- 20.XVI FAMOUS PEARLS AND COLLECTIONS
- 21.XVII THE ABORIGINAL USE OF PEARLS, AND THEIR DISCOVERY IN MOUNDS AND GRAVES — ADDENDA
- 22.BIBLIOGRAPHY [562]
- 23.INDEX
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