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 66
CO H ETEUSCAN. The Cdiintrv of the ancient Etruscans was north from theTiber to the Ciininian Forest and the Tolfa Mountains. They have bequeatheil us a mass of yem.s, a hirg-e iirojior-tion in tlu- inrm of scarabei, and many really tine intaglios,^\hi(•ll were not onl\ used as seals, but served as…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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