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Barthema (Lodovico di)

The Travels of Lodovico di Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix, in Persia, India, and Ethiopia, A.D. 1503 to 1508. London, Hakluyt Society, 1863. 8vo.

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Benjamin (Ben Jonah) of Tudela

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Southern Arabia. London, 1900. 8vo.

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Curiositez de la Nature et de l’Art, aportÉes dans deux Voyages des Indes. Paris, 1703. 12mo.

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British Pearls. “Belgravia Magazine,” Vol. ix, pp. 343–350. London, September, 1869.

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Blanco (Guzman), President

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Brewster (David), Sir

On the New Properties of Light, Exhibited in the Optical Phenomena of Mother-of-Pearl. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1814, Vol. ii, pp. 397–418.

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Some Account of the British Pearl Fishery now Existing on the Conway. “Loudon’s Magazine of Natural History,” Vol. iii, pp. 132–134. London, 1830.

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Britannia; or A Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, Together With the Adjacent Islands. 2 vols. London, 1722. Fol.

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Catalogue

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Chappuzeau (Le Sieur)

Histoire des Joyaux, et des principales Richesses de l’Orient et de l’Occident. GenÈve, 1665. 12mo.

The History of Jewels and of the Principal Riches of the East and West. London, 1671. 12mo.

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Tahiti et les Colonies FranÇaises de la PolynÉsie. Paris, 1887. 8vo.

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Precious Stones Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations. South Kensington Museum Handbook. London, 1883. 8vo.

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Paradoxes, ou traittÉz Philosophiques des pierres et pierreries, contre l’opinion vulgaire. Paris, 1635. 8vo.

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Cloquet (J.) and Moquin-Tandon (M.)

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Coate (H. E. Acraman)

Pearl Fishing [Ceylon], “Time Magazine,” Vol. xxi, pp. 646–653. London, December, 1889.

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Cornhill Magazine

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Coutance (A.)

La Perle. Diamant et Pierres PrÉcieuses;... au point de vue de leur histoire et de leur travail... Par E. Jannettaz,... A. Coutance. Paris, 1881. 8vo.

Coxe (Daniel)

A Description of the English Province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call’d Florida, and by the French La Louisiana, as also of the great and famous river Meschacebe or Missisipi. London, 1722. 8vo.

Curzon (George Nathaniel), Baron

Persia and the Persian Question. 2 vols. London, 1892. 8vo.

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Dallas (W. S.)

On the Natural History of the Cingalese Pearl-oyster and on the Production of Pearls. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 3, Vol. i, pp. 81–90. London, February, 1858.

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The English Regalia. London, 1897. 4to.

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Nacroculture et ostrÉiculture perliÈre aux Îles Pomotu (OcÉanie). Bulletin de la SociÉtÉ National d’Acclimatation, Vol. iii, pp. 389–390. Paris, 1876.

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Dickens (Charles), Editor

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Pearls of Price. “All the Year Round,” Vol. xvii, pp. 534–537. London, June 1, 1867.

Scotch pearls. “All the Year Round,” Vol. xxi, pp. 125–127, January 9, 1869.

Also in “Every Saturday,” Vol. vii, pp. 157–158. Boston, January 30, 1869.

Dieulafait (Louis)

Diamonds and Precious Stones; a Popular Account of Gems. Translated from the French... by F. Sanford. Cambridge, U. S. A., 1874. 8vo.

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PÊche de l’huÎtre perliÈre dans le Golfe de Californie. Bulletin de la SociÉtÉ Centrale d’Aquiculture. Vol. vii, pp. 1–18. Paris, 1895.

Sur la formation de la perle fine chez la Meleagrina margaritifera. Comptes Rendus de l’AcadÉmie des Sciences, Vol. cxxviii, pp. 1589–91. Paris, 1899.

Exploitation de l’huÎtre perliÈre dans le Golfe de Californie. Bulletin de la SociÉtÉ Centrale d’Aquiculture, Vol. ix, pp. 221–235. Paris, 1899.

Dobrzensky (Jacobus Joannes Wenceslaus)

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Donnan (James)

Report on the Inspection of Pearl Banks, 1875. Sessional Papers. Colombo, 1875. Fol.

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Donnan (James) and Twynam (W. C.)

Reports by the Superintendent of the Fishery and the Inspector of the Pearl Banks. Sessional Papers. Colombo, 1887. Fol.

Doumert (A.)

Nos Parures. Le Jais et les Perles Fausses. Paris, 1890. 12mo.

Dubois (RaphaËl)

Sur le mÉcanisme de la formation des perles fines dans le Mytilus edulis. Comptes Rendus de l’AcadÉmie des Sciences, Vol. cxxxiii, pp. 603–605. Paris, 1901.

Sur la nature et la formation des perles fines naturelles. MÉmoires et Comptes Rendus des SÉances du CongrÈs International d’Aquiculture et de PÊche. Paris, 1903. 8vo.

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Dutens (Louis)

Des pierres prÉcieuses et des perles fines, avec les moyens de les connoÎtre et de les Évaluer. Londres, 1776. 12mo.

Eberhard (Johann Peter)

Abhandlung von dem Ursprung der Perle, worin deren Zeugung, Wachsthum und Beschaffenheit erklÄrt, und eine Nachricht von verschiedenen Perlenfischereien gegeben wird. Halle, 1751. 8vo.

Edouard-Petit (Alix)

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Elgin, Earl of

Leasing of the Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon. Sessional Papers, pp. 650–651. Colombo, 1906.

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Entrecolles (F. X. d’)

ManiÈre de faire des perles artificielles. Lettre À Pekin, 4 Nov. 1734. Lettres Édifiantes et curieuses Écrites des Missions ÉtrangÈres, Vol. xxii, pp. 425–437. Paris, 1736.

Esteva (JosÉ Maria)

Memoria sobre la pesca de la perla en la Baja California. Boletin de la Sociedad Mexicana de GeografÍa y EstadÍstica, Vol. x, pp. 673–697. Mexico, 1865.

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All about Gold, Gems, and Pearls in Ceylon and Southern India.... Second edition. Colombo, 1888. 8vo.

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The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595–1606. Translated and edited by Sir Clements Markham. 2 vols. London, Hakluyt Society, 1904. 8vo.

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A Popular Treatise on Gems, in Reference to Their Scientific Value. New York, 1859. 8vo.

Fichtner (Conrad Heinrich)

Einige Nachrichten von dem Rehauischen Perlen Bach. Frankische Sammlungen von Anmerkungen aus der Naturlehre Arzneigelehrtheit. Nurnberg, 1768. 8vo.

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Underbrush. Boston, 1881. 8vo.

Filippi (Filippo de)

Sull’ origine delle perle. Il Cimento revista di Scienza, Lettere, ed Arti, Vol. i, pp. 429–439. Torino, 1852. Translated into German by Dr. KÜchenmeister in MÜllers’ Archiv fÜr Anatomie, Physiologie, und wissenschaftliche Medicin, 1856, pp. 251–269. Berlin, 1856.

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Also in Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Vol. ii (Zool.), pp. 254–284. Paris, 1854. Nouvelles observations sur le dÉveloppement des TrÉmatodes.

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Encore un mot sur la formation des perles. MÜllers’ Archiv fÜr Anatomie, Physiologie, und wissenschaftliche Medicin, 1856, pp. 490–493. Berlin, 1856.

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Fischer (Gotthelf)

Essai sur la Pellegrina, ou la Perle incomparable des FrÈres Zozima. Moscou. 1818. 8vo.

Fischer (P.)

Production artificielle des perles. Journal de Conchyliologie, Vol. xiii, pp. 64–65. Paris, 1865.

Frank Leslie’s Magazine

Pearl-mussel Fishery of New Jersey. “Frank Leslie’s Magazine,” Vol. iii, pp. 384–386. New York, May 23, 1857.

FrÉdÉ (Pierre)

La PÊche aux Perles. Paris, 1887. 8vo.

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Friedlaender (S.)

Perlen der Juwelierausstellung. Internationale Fischerei-Austellung zu Berlin, 1880, pp. 75–83. Berlin, 1881. 8vo.

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Fryer (John)

A new Account of East-India and Persia. London, 1698. Fol.

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Australasia Illustrated. 3 vols. Sydney, 1892. 4to.

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Margaritologia, sive dissertatio de Margaritis, in qua, post varia ad Margaritas pertinentia, demonstratur, Margaritas bavaricas, in usu medicinali, viribus et effectibus Æquivalere orientalibus et occidentalibus. Monachii, 1637. 12mo.

Gemelli-Careri (Giovanni Francesco)

Giro del mondo. Nuova edizione, accresciuta, ricorretta, e divisa in nove volumi. Venezia, 1719. 8vo.

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L’ÉpithÉlium sÉcrÉteur des perles. Comptes Rendus de la SociÉtÉ de Biologie, sÉance du 29 decembre, 1903, Vol. lv, pp. 1222–1225. Paris, 1903.

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Curiosities of Pearls. “Gentleman’s Magazine,” Vol. cclxxvii, pp. 306–315. London, September, 1894.

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Life in the Southern Isles; or Scenes and Incidents in the South Pacific and New Guinea. London, 1876. 8vo.

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Della storia naturale delle gemme, delle pietre, e di tutti i minerali, ovvero della fisica sotterranea. 2 vols. Napoli, 1730. 4to.

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Les perles de la Vologne, et le ChÂteau-sur-perle. MÉmoires de l’AcadÉmie de Stanislas, 1869, pp. 10–30. Nancy, 1870.

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MÉthode de culture de l’huÎtre perliÈre dans les lagons de Tahiti. Revue Maritime et Coloniale, Vol. cxxv, pp. 575–590. Paris, May, 1895.

Gray (John Edward)

On the Structure of Pearls, and on the Chinese mode of producing them of a large size and regular form. Thomson’s Annals of Philosophy, New Series, Vol. ix, pp. 27–29. London, January, 1825; Vol. x, pp. 389–390, November, 1825.

Griffin (G. W.)

The Pearl-shell Fisheries of Queensland. U. S. Consular Reports, No. lv. Washington, August, 1885.

Also published in Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, Vol. vi, pp. 433–435. Washington, 1887.

Grill (Johan Abraham)

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The Pearl Fishery. “The New Monthly Magazine,” Vol. lxxxii, pp. 70–79. London, January, 1848. The Out-station; or Jaunts in the Jungle. London, 1848. 16mo.

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Guillemand (Francis Henry Hill)

Malaysia and the Pacific Archipelago. London, 1894. 8vo.

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A Small Fish of the Genus Fierasfer Imbedded in the Shell of Margarita margaritifera. Proceedings of the ZoÖlogical Society of London, 1886, pp. 318–320.

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On the Natural and Artificial Production of Pearls in China. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. xvi, pp. 280–284, 1856.

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Pearls and Pearl Divers of the Gulf of California. “St. James’s Magazine,” Vol. II, pp. 289–295. London, October, 1861.

Hall (Francis)

Colombia: its present state. Philadelphia, 1825. 12mo.

Hamilton (Alexander), Captain

A New Account of the East Indies. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1727. 8vo.

Hamonville (L. d’)

Les moules perliÈres de Billiers (Mytilus edulis). Bulletin de la SociÉtÉ Zoologique de France, Vol. xix, pp. 140–142. Paris, 1894.

Hardy (Robert William Hall), Lieut.

Travels in the Interior of Mexico, in 1825, 1826, 1827, and 1828. London, 1829. 8vo.

Harley (George)

Microscopic Examination of Pearls. “The Cheltenham Ladies’ College Magazine,” No. xvii, pp. 37–42. London, 1888.

Harley (George and Harold S.)

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