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... notice the gems to be found in the principal collections of Europe , as such an undertaking could not be brought within the compass of a single volume . I have restricted myself , as I may here explain , in the selection of the various ...
... notice the gems to be found in the principal collections of Europe , as such an undertaking could not be brought within the compass of a single volume . I have restricted myself , as I may here explain , in the selection of the various ...
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... notice , the sole evidence of its existence remaining to us being a few camei of religious subjects , in which the miserable execution is on a par with the tastelessness of the design . Throughout the West for the same ten centuries ...
... notice , the sole evidence of its existence remaining to us being a few camei of religious subjects , in which the miserable execution is on a par with the tastelessness of the design . Throughout the West for the same ten centuries ...
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... notice . The head is in the low flat relief that invariably marks the productions of an early Greek artist , and is also entirely cut out upon the black stratum by the diamond - point alone . It possesses the additional and historic ...
... notice . The head is in the low flat relief that invariably marks the productions of an early Greek artist , and is also entirely cut out upon the black stratum by the diamond - point alone . It possesses the additional and historic ...
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... notice . The head is in the low flat relief that invariably marks the productions of an early Greek artist , and is also entirely cut out upon the black stratum by the diamond - point alone . It possesses the additional and historic ...
... notice . The head is in the low flat relief that invariably marks the productions of an early Greek artist , and is also entirely cut out upon the black stratum by the diamond - point alone . It possesses the additional and historic ...
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... notice passing through the axis of Sardo- nyx camei ; the stones , having been imported into Europe in the form of oval beads , were subsequently cut down into flattened disks to afford the proper disposition of their strata for the ...
... notice passing through the axis of Sardo- nyx camei ; the stones , having been imported into Europe in the form of oval beads , were subsequently cut down into flattened disks to afford the proper disposition of their strata for the ...
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