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 58
ve collections of these treasiues,and liojie tlie enterprise of the Babylonian Exploration Fundmay be crowned a\ ith the success due to the energy of thelearned men who have projected and organized the under-taking. The fact that Dr. A\illiam Pepper, Provost of the Universityof Pennsylvania, has… … FEKSIAN AND SASSAXIAN SEAL?. ASSYRIAN, PERSIAIT, AND SASSANIAN SEALS. These seals ai-e recognizable hj their peculiar forms—gen-eralh coiiical or splK-rical—ami by tlie distinctive character oftheir designs and ini-ision. The spherical seals are flattened onone side for the intaglio: all are…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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