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 165
to those points lia\dng some connectionAvitli my subject, or such incidents as are not of the orderusiially found in such books. Having a prosperous wind, our lateen sail drawing us -welltoward the south, I acquiesced in the request of my captain,wlio did not wish to sto]) that I might shoot some… … DESERTED HALLS. In the remains of sul)terranean structures and passages^\liieli I have seen and explored near Memphis I have learnedsomething of the ancient rites \\liitli were there exemphtiedand practised. The candidate, after due and very long and strict prepara-tion, started with his guide…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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