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Romance of the Golconda diamonds / Omar Khalidi.
LIBRA NK7660 .K535 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khalidi, Omar.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diamonds--India--Golconda--History.
- Diamonds.
- History.
- India--Golconda.
- Physical Description:
- 127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chidambaram, Ahmedabad, India : Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. ; Middletown, NJ : Grantha Corp. ; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Distributed in North America by Antique Collectors' Club, 1999.
- Summary:
- This is the first account of the romantic and mysterious Golconda diamonds and mines of the same name. Some of the most famous -- or infamous -- diamonds of the world were found there, including the Hope, Koh-i-Noor and the Regent; their history is the stuff of legend.
- Rare photographs, maps and sketches, combined with a text laced with juicy anecdotes, humorous couplets and doggerels make this book an absorbing read.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1890206105
- OCLC:
- 43672691
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