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The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins and Medals, Ancient and Modern (Paperback)
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The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins and Medals, Ancient and Modern (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
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In addition to his medical practice, lecturing and teaching at the
London Hospital, and his publishing of several medical works, the
Irish physician Archibald Billing (1791 1881) was also an amateur
artist and antiquarian. This illustrated book on gemmology was
first published in 1867. Beginning with the works of ancient
Greece, for him the highest pinnacle of civilization, Billing
discusses the use of engraved gems, putting cameos and intaglios in
the context of contemporary monumental sculpture, and tracing the
history of carving in miniature back to the seal-stones of the
Egyptians and Assyrians. He also considers the types and qualities
of mineral used in making jewellery, from semi-precious pebbles
through to diamonds, and he describes the techniques of cutting
precious stones. The work concludes with a translation of the
autobiography of the Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci (1784
1855), who became chief medallist at the Royal Mint."
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