Recent books on jewellery

The following books of interest to jewellery historians have been published recently and noted by Jewellery History Today. For lists of books published earlier, click here. Titles with a reference to JHT at the end are reviewed in that issue. To read the review (members only), click here.
For detailed bibliographies of books on European traditional jewellery and silver marks, click here (members only).

Diamonds: An Early History of the King of Gems.

Jack Ogden (SJH president).

Yale University Press, 2018, £35.

408 pages, hardback, 17.1 x 23.8 cm.

ISBN: 978-0300215663

Precious Paper. Paper Jewellery Design.

Bianca Cappello (SJH member).

Skira Editore, 2018, €25.

120 pages, hardback, 26 x 26 cm, Italian, English.

ISBN: 978-8857236681

Iris Mondelaers: Jewellery.

Hilde Verbiest, Iris Mondelaers.

Stichting Kunstboek, 2017, €40.

112 pages, hardback, 17.4 x 21.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-9058565648

Joyas y alhajas del Alto Aragón: esmaltes y piedras preciosas de ajuares y tesoros históricos.

Carolina Naya Franco.

Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, Huesca, 2017, €20.00.

172 pages, paperback, 14 x 21 cm, Spanish.

ISBN: 978-8481272888

Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the Toolbox.

Mark Fenn.

Schiffer, 2017, $60.

304 pages, hardback, 9 x 12 inches.

ISBN: 978-0764354144

Hellenistic gold jewellery in the Benaki Museum, Athens.

Dr. Monica M. Jackson (SJH member).

Mouseio Benaki, Athens, 2017, €20.

120 pages, paperback, 21.5 x 28 cm.

ISBN: 978-9604762248

Catene. Chains. Gioielli fra storia, funzione e ornamento. Jewellery in history, function and ornament.

Alba Cappellieri.

Silvana, Milan, 2018, €26.

192 pages, hardback, 18 x 25 cm, Italian, English.

ISBN: 978-8836638468

Published in association with an exhibition at the Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza.

Der Mainzer Goldschmuck.

Theo Jülich.

Schnell uUnd Steiner, 2017, €39.95.

336 pages, hardback, 21.8 x 28.7 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3795432867

Published in association with an exhibition at the Hessischen Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.

Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century.

John Boardman (SJH president emeritus).

Archaeopress Archaeology, Oxford, 2018, £55.

316 pages, hard back in slip case, 29 x 20.8 cm.

ISBN: 978-1784917272

Ancient Engraved Gems in the National Museum in Krakow.

Pawel Golyzniak.

Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2017, €148.

432 pages, hardback, 21.0 x 29.7 cm.

ISBN: 978-3954902439

“The thing of mine I have loved the best”: Meaningful Jewels.

Cynthia Hahn, Beatriz Chadour-Sampson (SJH member).

Les Enluminures, 2018, $50.

372 pages, paperback, 23 x 16 cm.

ISBN: 978-0997184266

Caroline Broadhead.

Liesbeth den Besten, Jorunn Veiteberg.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2017, £28.

128 pages, hardback, 24.9 x 18.1 cm.

ISBN: 978-3897905085

Fauna: The Art of Jewelry.

Patrick Mauriès, Évelyne Possémé.

Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2017, £16.95.

128 pages, hardback, 18 x 24.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-0500519981

Dancing in Silver: The Jewellery of Runi Palar.

Bruce W. Carpenter.

Editions Didier Millet, 2017, $90.

320 pages, hardback, 11.4 x 12.1 inches.

ISBN: 978-9814610407

Rituelle Kleidung und Schmuck.

Harry Eilenstein.

Books On Demand, 2017, £8.90 (Kindle £3.49).

142 pages, paperback, 18.9 x 24.6 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3743154285

St. Petersburg Devlet Müzesi Ermitaj'ın Altın Hun Hazineleri ve Kutlu Mânâlar [Golden Ornaments of the Hun Period in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg].

Irina Zasetskaya, Gözde Sazak.

Başakşehir Municipality – İstanbul University, 2017, 100,00 TL.

223 pages, hardback, 23.5 x 33.5 cm, Turkish.

ISBN: 978-6058262010

JEWELLERY: Made By, Worn By.

Exhibition catalogue.

Museum Volkenkunde Leiden, 2018, €2.

96 pages, paperback, 17.3 x 26.6 cm.

Handout for an exhibition at the Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden.

Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

Sarah Davis.

Thames & Hudson, 2017, $75.

256 pages, hardback, 9.5 x 12.4 inches.

ISBN: 978-0500519479

Published in association with an exhibition at the Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim.

Ruby: The King of Gems.

Joanna Hardy (SJH member).

Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2017, £75.

328 pages, hardback, 26.2 x 35.3 cm.

ISBN: 978-0500519417

The World in a Bead. The Murano Glass Museum's Collection.

Augusto Panini.

Antiga Edizioni, 2017, €39.

376 pages, paperback, 28 x 23.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-8899657901

Wild Beads of Africa. Old powderglass beads from the collection of Billy Steinberg.

Jamey D. Allen.

Billy Steinberg, 2017, $75.

216 pages, hardback, 7.5 x 10 inches.

ISBN: 978-0692907108

Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: Their Lives and Their Marks.

David M. Mitchell.

Boydell & Brewer, 2017, £125.

724 pages, hardback, 2.1 x 2.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-1783272389

Haagse Chic: Steltman, 100 jaar sieraden & zilver.

Marit Eisses.

Uitgeverij Waanders & de Kunst, 2017, €24.95.

128 pages, paperback, 22.1 x 26.1 cm, Dutch.

ISBN: 978-9462621480

Jablonec ’68.

Angelika Nollert, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2018, €38.

206 pages, hardback, 24 x 24 cm.

ISBN: 978-3897905191

Published in association with an exhibition at Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich.

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