Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins and Medals
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780766146082
Subjects: Fortune-telling & divination; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; Body, Mind & Spirit; New Age; Divination - General
First sentence: 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.