Nott, Josiah Clark, 1804-1873, [from old catalog] ed, Gliddon, George Robins, 1809-1857, [from old catalog] joint ed, Maury, Louis Ferdinand Alfred, 1817-1892. [from old catalog], Pulszky, Ferencz Aurelius. [from old catalog], Meigs, James Aitken, 1829-1879. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co.; London, Trübner & co. · leaf 162
n thenational ornament of the Druse females. The ugliness of these, noless than of the Sardinian statuettes,—scarcely reconcilable with com-monly received ideas about the wealth and display of the merchant-princes of Sidon and Tyre, and the power of Carthage,—ought not tothrow a doubt upon their… … Eshmun, (Puhzhj Coll.) Winckelmans guess, says Gerhard, in his often quoted essay, that elegance mighthave been the principal feature of Phoenician art, is not borne out by the extant idols; theseare rude and intended to strike terror, like the idols of Mexico.116 .... All the oriental ele-ments in…
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