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 319
formed in private families Avithin a circuit on thecontinent of Europe capable of l)eing -sisited oiue yearly.Venice was formerly a field rich in old families, from whomI have made many ]iurchases until little is left for acquisition.The same is true of most such resources throughout Italy.The… … GENERAL DEALERS. 315 civenga, Bessagio of Eome; Zanetti of Venice; Posenti ofFabriano; Uabrielle, the did ballet-dancer of Naples; DeMicliaelis of Turin; and many others. Of one of these families, the Count of Zanetti of this gen-eration is my esteemed friend, from whom I have obtainedmany…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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