King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 58
135 miles. f I possess some etchings, done by a person of my acquaintance without the assist-ance of a magnifier, in which the details of grasses, ferns, &c, growing on hits ofruined architecture, are made out with microscopic delicacy that rivals the perfectionof Archaic-Greek glyptics. And,… … ON THE FORMS OF ANTIQUE GEMS.This point is of sufficient importance to our inquiry to claima special notice, as in many cases (strange as it may appear tothe uninitiated) the form supplies a trustworthy criterion of thedate of the ivorh, so invariably did the ancients assign particularmodes of…
Gems · Rings · Classical antiquities · Art, Ancient
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