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 335
INTERESTING INCIDENTS OF SUBJECTS OF ENGRAVED GEMS. \ … INTERESTING INCIDENTS OF srUJECTS OF ENGRAVED GEMS. These engraved stones are not only attractive in tlie beautyof their execution and the comehness of the figures dehneated,but much pleasure is to be derived from the facts and romancediscovered Ijy the research which interprets their meaning…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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