Engraved gems; their history and place in art, in which is embodied the author's former treatise, with extensive revisions and additions; reminiscences of travels in the pursuit and acquisition of engraved gems ... to which is added a descriptive list of the author's cabinet of gems, forming a compend of Greek and Roman classics and antiquities .. (1889)
Sommerville, Maxwell, 1829-1904 · Philadelphia, M. Sommerville · leaf 145
isins fromtheir indolent position. Dates are the commodity of whicli,after all, tlie most are sold. In the narrow, tortuous passages where there is nuuli trafficit is difficult to thread ones way and push through the throngof motley dealers, camels, asses, and donkeys. The right ofway seems to…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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