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KUNZ, George Frederick.

Rings for the Finger

from the Earliest Known Times to the Present, with Full Descriptions of the Origin, Early Making, Materials, the Archaeology, History, for Affection, for Love, for Engagement, for Wedding, Commemorative, Mourning, Etc. [with] The Wedding-Ring.

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104859

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1917

£750

A well illustrated account of rings from the earliest time to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, etc. Certainly one of the most exhaustive work on the subject. This copy is offered with rare first printing of a pamphlet 'The Wedding-Ring, Its History, Literature, and the Superstitions Respecting it', 47pp.

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First edition; 8vo; 290 illustrations (3 colour plates, the rest duotone and line drawings); handsomely bound in decorative red cloth, lacking original slipcase; a very good copy, in archival acetate jacket, lightly rubbed spine, worming to p.271 touching text; 381pp.

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