RINGS
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, Ph.D., Sc.D., A.M.
THE CURIOUS LORE OF PRECIOUS STONES
Being a description of their sentiments and folklore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in protection, prevention, religion and divination, crystal gazing, birth-stones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal, and planetary.
THE MAGIC OF JEWELS AND CHARMS
Magic jewels and electric gems; meteorites or celestial stones; stones of healing: fabulous stones: concretions and fossils; snake stones and bezoars; charms of ancient and modern times; facts and fancies about precious stones.
EACH: Profusely illustrated in color, doubletone and line. Octavo. Handsome cloth binding, gilt top, in a box. $6.00 net. Carriage charges extra.
SHAKESPEARE AND PRECIOUS STONES
Treating of the known references to precious stones in Shakespeare’s works, with comments as to the origin of his material, the knowledge of the poet concerning precious stones, and references as to where the precious stones of his time came from.
Four illustrations. Square Octavo. Decorated cloth. $1.25 net.
THE MAHARANI OF SIKKIM (NORTHEASTERN HINDUSTAN)
She wears two gold rings, one set with a turquoise, the other with coral. The peculiar crown of gold, turquoise and coral is that adopted for the queens of Sikkim. From the necklace of amber beads hangs a gau, or charm box, set with rubies, lapis-lazuli, and turquoise.
Oil painting by Damodar Dutt, a Bengali artist
Dr. Berthold Laufer’s “Notes on Turquoise in the East,” Chicago, 1913
RINGS
FOR THE FINGER
FROM THE EARLIEST KNOWN TIMES TO THE PRESENT, WITH FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ORIGIN, EARLY MAKING, MATERIALS, THE ARCHÆOLOGY, HISTORY, FOR AFFECTION, FOR LOVE, FOR ENGAGEMENT, FOR WEDDING, COMMEMORATIVE, MOURNING, ETC.
BY
GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ,
Ph.D., Sc.D., A.M.
WITH 290 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR, DOUBLETONE AND LINE
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1917
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED JANUARY, 1917
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF SCIENCE AND ART EDITION
OF
RINGS
(See Dedication )
Limited to fifteen copies
[1]Miss Sarah Cooper Hewitt, Honorary Associate of the Trustees
[1]Mrs. James O. Green, Honorary Associate of the Trustees
[1]Miss Eleanor G. Hewitt, Honorary Associate of the Trustees
[1]Peter Cooper Hewitt, Vice-President of the U. S. Naval Advisory Board, Trustee
[1]]Edward R. Hewitt, Treasurer
[2]Peter Cooper Bryce, Secretary
[1]Erskine Hewitt,
R. Fulton Cutting, President
Andrew Carnegie, Trustee
J. Pierpont Morgan, Trustee
Charles W. Gould, Trustee
L. C. Levin Jordan, Assistant Secretary
Charles R. Richards, Director
One Copy for the Reading Room of the Cooper Union
for the Advancement of Science and Art
George Frederick Kunz, Former Student and Assistant in Chemistry
This copy was printed for
MISS SARAH COOPER HEWITT
With the compliments of the Author
To
PETER COOPER
AND TO
HIS DESCENDANTS
WHO HAVE SO GENEROUSLY AND DEVOTEDLY
CARRIED OUT HIS TRADITIONS, AND DEVELOPED
THEM AS OCCASION DEMANDED,
AND TO
THE COOPER UNION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
IN THE LABORATORIES, LECTURE ROOMS AND
LIBRARY OF WHICH THE AUTHOR SPENT
USEFUL, PROFITABLE EVENING HOURS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS, AT A TIME WHEN THERE
WERE NO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF A SIMILAR
NATURE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK—THIS
VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
