153 pp Chapters include The Ancient World, The Middle Ages, The Early through to High Renaissance, the 17th/18th/19th centuries. "Approach is chronological providing a chapter by chapter outline of the history of jewellery from he very earliest times, and illustrating each chapter with a wide range of photographs of over 200 objects... In addition, there is a substantial technological section in which the auhor traces the etymology of many terms used in jewellery, and explains in layman's language the concepts of refractive index, specific gravity, the cutting of stones, etc."