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 44
)eople whomwe believe to have first carved decorative work on stones, eitherfor ornamentation or for use as tokens, or who tirst contriliutinlto oiir iiilieritaiice objects wortli\ of being called gems. At times we shall inevitablv notice some nationalities beforeothers who ^\•ere their…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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