Hard covered book titled Guido Gregorietti JEWELRY History & Technique. from the Egyptians to the Present.  Printed & Bound in Italy, 1979, 166 pages.

Guido Gregorietti's narrative of the fabulous history of jewelry places it in context in the history of art, while interweaving many aspects of the evolution of culture.

Chapters include:

• JEWELRY AS AN ORNAMENT & DISTINCTION: FROM SHELLS TO GOLD, SYMBOL OF THE SUN
• GOLD: ANCIENT & MODERN TECHNIQUES OF EXTRACTION AND MANUFACTURE
• PRECIOUS MATERIALS: DIAMONDS, PEARLS & CORAL
• GOLD IN ANTIQUITY: JEWELS RECOVERED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN THE TOMBS OF ANCIENT KINGS
• JEWELRY & COLOR: EGYPT, INDIA, ROME. AMULETS AND TALISMANS
• BYZANTINE & BARBARIC TRADITION IN THE MIDDLE AGES BASED ON THE WORKSHOPS OF THE WEST
• ART & JEWELRY: DISCUSSION ON THE STYLES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO NEOCLASSICISM
• THE ECLECTIC CURIOSITY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY & THE RETURN OF ALL STYLES
• THE NINETEENTH & TWENTIETH CENTURIES: INDUSTRY, ARTISTIC TRENDS & MASTER JEWELERS
• JEWELRY & AVANT-GARDE ORNAMENTS: THE EXPRESSIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTIST-JEWELERS
• CHINA IN THE SUNG PERIOD & JEWELS FROM THE FAR EAST
• GOLD ORNAMENTS OF ANCIENT AMERICA
• GOLDSMITHS & ORNAMENTS OF AFRICA
• GEMS USED IN JEWELRY

This book is in VG condition, pages clean and intact, and the binding is tight.  Would make a wonderful addition to any library.