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BOOKS
Chrysanthemum Stones

THE STORY OF STONE FLOWERS

New, from Floating World Editions.
This is the first book in English on these rare and extraor-
dinarily beautiful stones with mineral formations resem bling
chrysanthemum flowers. A specialized focus of the art of stone
appreciation that has flourished in Asia for over for 2,000
years, chrysanthemum stones are regularly exhibited
there, where they are highly prized among nat-
ural artistic stones. Although found primarily in
China and Japan, more recently examples are
known from Korea and the western United
States.
The authors traveled extensively in China
and Japan to bring together historical
information with current new data, 144 pp, 7 x 10, Softcover,
and their comprehensive work sets 120 Color photos, bibliography
a new standard for books relating East Asian art & culture, Stone
appreciation, Mineralogy
to the art of stone appreciation. ISBN: 978-1-891640-59-9
Now, for the first time, English $29.95
readers can gain an in-depth
understanding of chrysanthemum www.f1oatingworldeditions.com
stones, the geology of their
formation, the history of their
appreciation, and their various
types, forms, and locales of origin. DR. THOMAS S. ELIAS is a botanist and
former Director of the U.S. National
This information is generously Arboretum in Washington, D.C .. A
supplemented with over 120 specialist on Asian gardens and the
photographs illustrating the use and appreciation of Asian stones,
full range of chrysanthemum he has traveled and worked in China
and Japan for over thirty years. Three
stones, from the rarest and most of his previous books were selected by
valuable to those more frequently the American Library Association as
encountered in the marketplace. among the best 100 books in science
Included is a bibliography, the and technology in the years they were
most complete list of references on published.
the subject ever assembled in one DR. HIROMI NAKAOJI is a native of
publication. Kyoto, Japan, and a gradu ate of George
Washington University in Washing-
Floating World Editions are available ton, D.C. She has been working as an
from: ACC Distribution, 1-800-252- English-Japanese interpreter, transla tor,
and researcher for over twenty years.
5231, antiquecollectorsclub.com.
Also available form the author at
[email protected]

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