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 356
en they unanimously in-vested me with nil the autlioritv of count or leader of theband, and I saw startling adventures with them in many partsof the Ccmtinent, until, upon the death of my wife in Finland,I determined to escape, which I accomplished one night inAugust, 1837. Sailing out of… … CARLBERG GYPSIES. 351 there, and by the renewal of my scientific i)iirsuits mademany valuable friends among the professors of the universityand other scientitic bodies, and, having- esteemed your friend-ship above all others, you shall now know why I appear sotroubled. For some davs past I have…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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