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 46
EGYPTIAN. The work of the Egyptians was in keeping- witli tlie sim-plicitv of tlieii- lives and their peeuhar rehgion. Its st3le isunquestionably marked: all engra\-ing from Egyptian handsis characteristic of that people, and not for a moment to bemistaken; every cartouch, e^•ery seal, every…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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