Agates
Haltern, Germany: Rainer Bode, 2005.
Hardcover.
Produced in collaboration with Rainer Bode. With texts by Robin Field, Gisela Yvonne Lentz, Michael Leybov, Terry Moxon, and Gerhard Nidermayr. Translated by Angelika Filz, Brad Cross, and Claus Hedegaard.
A comprehensive look at agates with over 2000 photographs.
Contents:
- ABC of Agates
- Thousands of Years of Agate History
- Historic Treasure: The Agates Pavilion of Tsarskoye Selo
- Definitions, Properties and Specifics
- Kinds, Forms and Structures
- The Formation of Agates
- Agate and Age
- Spirals in Agates
- Agate Use
- Dyeing and Processing
- Leydolt’s Nature Prints of Agates
- Agate Mining
- The Most Important Agate Deposits of the World
ISBN: 3925094849
9-3/8 x 11-1/4”, pictorial paper over boards, 656pp, index, credits, fully illustrated with about 2,000 color photographs of agates, maps, landscapes.
Clean of owner’s marks, tight and square, rubbing to paper over boards and a bit of light wear to extreme edges, very good overall. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges for Priority Mail. Please inquire before purchase.
Price: $750.00