Antique gems: their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history; and as illustrative of ancient art: with hints to gem collectors
A scholarly handbook on engraved gems by Cambridge classicist C. W. King, published by John Murray in London in 1860 for antiquarians, collectors, and students of ancient art. Line engravings copy intaglios and cameos: oval seal impressions with reclining figures and landscapes, a Phoenician Astarte plaque with cattle and beaded border, each keyed to numbers and scale bars.
