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 305
urney 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 respect forantique engraved gems… … - ^ «- »SiLt,j^ ^ -^^\:ii.V*K--^ SCMK ^A\.\-- MY GlIEKK SHOKS. leyed for some time among themselves, and finally decidedto take them ashore. A friend of mine Avho had tlie curiosityto see Avhat the) did told me they walked some distance andtook them into a bureau, where they had another parley…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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