KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK. GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES OF NORTH AMERICA

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KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK. GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES OF NORTH AMERICA
New York: The Scientific Publishing Company, 1890. 336pp.

This book was Kunz's first major work. It became the authoritative text on gemstones in North America after Lewis Feuchtwanger's "A Treatise on Gems". Of interest to collectors are the eight chromolithograph plates prepared by artists from Tiffany & Co. and printed by Louis Prang & Co.