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Diamonds: an early history of the king of gems

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0300215665 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780300215663 (hbk.)
Author	Ogden, Jack
Title	Diamonds : an early history of the king of gems / Jack Ogden
Publisher	New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 2018
Physical desc.	xii, 388 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Note	CBL illustrations: p. 219, fig. 11.3 (In 07B.35a)
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The diamond -- The Ancient World -- Early Persia and the east -- Medieval Europe -- The dawn of diamond cutting in Europe -- The fifteenth-century technical revolution -- Renaissance table and point cuts -- Renaissance multifaceted cuts -- The early brilliant cut -- Diamond cutting in London -- The value and assessment of diamonds -- The Indian diamond mines -- The diamond trade in India -- Diamond cutting in India and the East -- The eclipse of Indian diamonds -- Epilogue -- Appendix: A 1675 description of the diamond mines.
Subject	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07B
	Diamonds -- History
	Diamond mines and mining -- History
	Diamond industry and trade -- History
	Diamond jewelry -- History
	Diamond jewelry, Mogul Empire

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