The curious lore of precious stones : being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination. Crystal gazing, birthstones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal and planetary / by George Frederick Kunz … ; with 86 illustrations in color, doubletone and line.
George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932)
Category
Books
Date
1913
Materials
Place of origin
Philadelphia
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3019645
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xiv, 406, [2] p., plates : ill. (some col.) ; 8vo. Some leaves uncut. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; gilt and white blocked upper board; white lettered upper board and spine; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932), author