



Aux XIX et XXe s., le grenat est la pierre fine communément employée en Roussillon, mais aussi la citrine et la topaze du Brésil. Par extension le terme « Brésil » va être donné à ces bijoux. La citrine est une variété de quartz de couleur jaune due à la présence d’infimes quantités d’oxydes de fer. La topaze est, par contre, un silicate d’aluminium comme le grenat. Au 18e siècle, le minéralogiste … Continuer la lecture
« To be published by subscription, in royal quarto, the Costumes of the French Pyrenees : consisting of Thirty Drawings of the Male and Female Peasantry of the Pyrenean Valleys, with a characteristic Background. Copied from the Sketches of J. Johnson, Esq.r; drawn on Stone by J. D. Harding; coloured, and accompanied by a Letter-press Description. The work will be published in six parts, each containing five plates. Price of each … Continuer la lecture
« To be published by subscription, in royal quarto, the Costumes of the French Pyrenees : consisting of Thirty Drawings of the Male and Female Peasantry of the Pyrenean Valleys, with a characteristic Background. Copied from the Sketches of J. Johnson, Esq.r; drawn on Stone by J. D. Harding; coloured, and accompanied by a Letter-press Description. The work will be published in six parts, each containing five plates. Price of each … Continuer la lecture
« To be published by subscription, in royal quarto, the Costumes of the French Pyrenees : consisting of Thirty Drawings of the Male and Female Peasantry of the Pyrenean Valleys, with a characteristic Background. Copied from the Sketches of J. Johnson, Esq.r; drawn on Stone by J. D. Harding; coloured, and accompanied by a Letter-press Description. The work will be published in six parts, each containing five plates. Price of each … Continuer la lecture
“To be published by subscription, in royal quarto, the Costumes of the French Pyrenees : consisting of Thirty Drawings of the Male and Female Peasantry of the Pyrenean Valleys, with a characteristic Background. Copied from the Sketches of J. Johnson, Esq.r; drawn on Stone by J. D. Harding; coloured, and accompanied by a Letter-press Description. The work will be published in six parts, each containing five plates. Price of each … Continuer la lecture