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Spring 2001, Volume 37, Issue 1


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Book Reviews


Jeweled Bugs and Butterflies
By Marilyn Nissenson and Susan Jonas, 120 pp., illus., publ. by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2000. US$29.95
Reviewed by Diane Saito

Paulding Farnham: Tiffany's Lost Genius
By John Loring, 151 pp., illus., publ. by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2000. US$49.50
Reviewed by Jana E. Miyahira-Smith

The Crown Jewels: The History of the Coronation Regalia in the Jewel House of the Tower of London
By C. Blair, A. Grimwade, R. R. Harding, E. A. Jobbins, D. King, R. W. Lightbown, and K. Scarratt.
Volume I: The History, 812 pp.; Volume II: The Catalogue, 630 pp. Illus., publ. by The Stationery Office, London, 1998. US$1,650
Reviewed by R. A. Howie


OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED

Colored Stones of Yakutia and Places of Their Origin,  by V. G. Gadiatov and V. K. Marshinsev, 328 pp., illus., publ. by Yekaterinburg Bank of Cultural Information, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2000, 150 rubles (about US$5.25) [in Russian].
Reviewed by Vladislav Dombrovskiy

Gemmologia Europa VII: European Gemmologists on the Emerald, edited by Margherita Superchi, 221 pp., illus., publ. by CISGEM, Milan, Italy, 2000, 35,000 lira (about US$16.00) [in Italian and English].
Reviewed by Stuart D. Overlin

Mughals, Maharajas and the Mahatma, by K. R. N. Swamy, 265 pp., illus., publ. by Harper Collins Publishers India, New Delhi, 1997, US$18.95.
Reviewed by John Sinkankas


Book Reviews Editors:
Susan B. Johnson and Jana E. Miyahira-Smith
Gemological Institute of America 

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