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 304
er and, according to them, better dealer. At times—now long years after these events—comes to my heartthe wish that I coidd be for some hours a day among theseOrientals and searching in those rich sources of engravedgems. There was one, a seal which I brought away as a souvenirof the Mosque of… … BAZIAS—GREEK SHOES. 299 Tliis journey was extended to tlie countries lying on theBlack Sea, and afterward, when ascending- the Danube fromVarna, throug-h Roumania and Rouinelia, at Bazias the customs-inspectors came aboard our steamboat and into my state-room, where they ransacked my luggag-e; the…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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