ENGRAVED GEMS

ENGRAVED GEMS
BY
MAXWELL SOMMERVILLE
PROFESSOR OF GLYPTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; AUTHOR OF “SANDS
OF SAHARA,” “SIAM,” ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ
ACADÉMIQUE DES SCIENCES, ARTS ET BELLES-LETTRES
DU DÉPARTEMENT DE L’AUBE,
FRANCE, ETC.

DREXEL BIDDLE, PUBLISHER
PHILADELPHIA LONDON SAN FRANCISCO TORONTO 1901

PREFACE.

My former treatise, “Engraved Gems, their Place in the History of Art,” being largely illustrated and inconvenient in size, I have abridged the work and with new material prepared this volume.

The various epochs of gem engraving from the earliest eras down to the XVIII. century are briefly described.

ENGRAVED GEMS

ENGRAVED GEMSBYMAXWELL SOMMERVILLEPROFESSOR OF GLYPTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; AUTHOR OF “SANDSOF SAHARA,” “SIAM,” ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉACADÉMIQUE DES SCIENCES, ARTS ET BELLES-LETTRESDU DÉPARTEMENT DE L’AUBE,FRANCE, ETC.

DREXEL BIDDLE, PUBLISHERPHILADELPHIA LONDON SAN FRANCISCO TORONTO 1901

PREFACE.

ENGRAVED GEMS
BY
MAXWELL SOMMERVILLE
PROFESSOR OF GLYPTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; AUTHOR OF “SANDS
OF SAHARA,” “SIAM,” ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ
ACADÉMIQUE DES SCIENCES, ARTS ET BELLES-LETTRES
DU DÉPARTEMENT DE L’AUBE,
FRANCE, ETC.

DREXEL BIDDLE, PUBLISHER
PHILADELPHIA LONDON SAN FRANCISCO TORONTO 1901