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 287
iis and a good digestion do sometimes winUS to the banquet. Adieu, Hellenic scenes! Change—a beautiful sea studdedwith picturesque islands and many sails; the Dardanelles and]\Ln-inora bring us to the altar-seat of the 3Ioslems. Xo. 1, P.allas; Xo. 127, .Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, the three… … COlSrSTANTINOPLE. Coming now \\ itliin the Golden Horn, exchanging tent-hfeand saihng npon seas for a comfortable Turkish hotel (keptbv a Greek and an Englislinian), after repose and reflectionson scenes fading in the soutli, we set about visiting our Turk-ish friends and tlieir curious city.…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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