2 German Gem Books EDELSTEINE by Gubelin + BRUCKMANN'S HANDBUCH DES SCHMUCKS

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Offered here for sale are 2 German language gem & jewelry books for 1 price:
EDELSTEINE by Dr. Eduard Gubelin & Michael Wolgensinger  with photographs by Gubelin and Wolgensinger. Zurich: Silva Verlag, 1969. 11 3/4" X 8 1/4", pp 144 with 80 color photos on 78 tipped-in glossy plates; original cloth w/dj (edge worn) else good and complete overall. Not ex-library. "In this pictorial popular work, the author provides a non-technical description of the major gemstones in an almost poetic language that stresses the beauty and fascination of gems and deliberately suppresses dry scientific data". Profusely illustrated with beautiful color photographs. Text in German. (Sinkankas #2576)
BRUCKMANN'S HANDBUCH DES SCHMUCKS by Carl Benno Heller, Ina Schneider and Walter Dennert
. Munich: F. Bruckmann KG, 1977. 9 3/4" X 7", pp 252 with 147 color and b&w plates; original gilt cloth w/dj. Very good.
Not ex-library. A nicely illustrated study of jewelry and gemstones from the Middle Ages to the present. German text.
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