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 219
or on making an aperture in some loose debris oflimestone lai-ge enough to permit me to enter some tombs,among the ashes and remains, with the aid of my pocketwax-lio-ht, I foimd a necklace and several vitrified fiy-ures,which are esteemed by me as more interesting than if I hadbought them. •… … CAIPtO-THE BAZAARS. Once more in tlie great city, where costume more variedtliuu ill the provinces, quaint manners and customs, attractivedisplays of merchandise, aiTest the eye of all w lio walk abroad.To me the most pleasing and ciirioiis are those shops withoutwindows or doors, those myriad…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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