KUNZ

£400 - £600 £3,000

KUNZ, G. F., STEVENSON, C. H., The Book of the Pearl; The History, Art, Science and Industry of the Queen of Gems, (New York: The Century Co.: 1908)

With a handwritten inscription to the endpapers, reading 'To Miss Janet Kinney, with the sincerest best wishes of the senior author, George Frederick Kunz - New York, June 21 1928. Pearls are tears, By angels shed, To give mortals joy'.