Jewelry and the Precious Stones

Excerpt from Jewelry and the Precious Stones: With a History, and Description From Models, of the Largest Individual Diamonds Known; Including, Particularly, a Consideration, of the Koh-I-Noor's Claim to Notoriety The matter of the following pages appeared originally, divided into half a dozen Chapters, in Numbers 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 of Bizarre, Volume VI, Year 1855. Although the subject is by no means fully discussed, the scope the author has allowed himself is believed to be comprehensive enough for the patience of the general reader. And a combination of these Chapters into one, it has been suggested, would form a pamphlet of sufficient interest to warrant its publication. In doing this, a more methodical arrangement of the subject, than that originally pursued, has been adopted; considerable additional matter has been introduced; and many former errors of the press corrected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.