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 426
PLATE A. … THE AGATE OF TIBEKIUS ; ALSO KNOWX AS THE APOTHEOSIS OF AUGUSTUS. THE CELEBRATED CAMEOS OFEUROPEAN MUSEUMS. Thts far, all gems spoken of or from which we have inci-dents are from my own collection. It still remains for us to give a glance at some of the mostcelebrated cameos extant or in the…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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