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 181
e opening of the Suez Canal: and two United States nickelcoins, a three- and a five-cent piece: most of these objectsnaturally were thrown away or lost l)y American tourists onthe Nile, and this dark brother had thus gained these greatdistinctions. The display hung glittering oii his ])lacid… … OUR DECORATED NLBIAN—MEMXOXIUM.
Gems · Classical antiquities
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