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... to the Herz and the Mertens- Schaafhausen Collections - the former as being the best known in this country , and the latter as the one to which I have had constant access through the kindness of the present viii PREFACE .
... to the Herz and the Mertens- Schaafhausen Collections - the former as being the best known in this country , and the latter as the one to which I have had constant access through the kindness of the present viii PREFACE .
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Charles William King. have had constant access through the kindness of the present possessor , and which , from its vast extent of nearly two thou- sand stones , comprises examples of every period of style and art . I have nevertheless ...
Charles William King. have had constant access through the kindness of the present possessor , and which , from its vast extent of nearly two thou- sand stones , comprises examples of every period of style and art . I have nevertheless ...
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... present conjectural method , shall have been discovered and applied to their investigation . These memorials will then do for the dynasties of Egypt that service already done by the light of their medals for the histories of the Greek ...
... present conjectural method , shall have been discovered and applied to their investigation . These memorials will then do for the dynasties of Egypt that service already done by the light of their medals for the histories of the Greek ...
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... present . Never before had camei of impor- tance fetched such extraordinary prices ( witness the fragment ascribed to Apollonides , and purchased by the Duke of Marlborough from Stosch for 1000 guineas ) ; and the XX INTRODUCTION .
... present . Never before had camei of impor- tance fetched such extraordinary prices ( witness the fragment ascribed to Apollonides , and purchased by the Duke of Marlborough from Stosch for 1000 guineas ) ; and the XX INTRODUCTION .
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... present the attention of collectors is again being directed towards these little monuments of perfect taste , treasures only to be truly appreciated by the educated and practised eye ; and how rapidly the mania is ebbing for the ...
... present the attention of collectors is again being directed towards these little monuments of perfect taste , treasures only to be truly appreciated by the educated and practised eye ; and how rapidly the mania is ebbing for the ...
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