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Antique gems and rings (1872)

King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 8

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APPENDIX. SAVAGE LAPIDARY ART. The history of the first invention of the glyptic art receives considerablelight from our learning the processes followed by tribes still in a state ofnature for reducing hard stones into various articles of ornament or utility.Mans instinct usually leads him, under…

Gems · Rings · Classical antiquities · Art, Ancient

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