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Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)

Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 141

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Fg- 55-—Ruby of the King of Visapur. Fig. 56.—Indian Ruby. time of his journey to St. Petersburg, was the sizeof a small hens egg. A ruby in the French crown, adorning the orderof the golden fleece, is in the form of a dragon. Finally, it is seen from the inventory of 1791 thatFrance then possessed…

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