Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 56
cts with propertiesin conformity with the prevailingidea»of their nature and originwas but a step farther, and accord-ingly we find attributed to themtalismanic virtues and agenciesof the utmost potency. It would not be without in-terest, writes Babinet, to followthe history of gems through thatof… … Fig. 22.—Cornelian en-graved: Egyptian.
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