Edited by A. S. Murray. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1888 edition by the British Museum, London.
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THE habit of collecting engraved gems for the sake of their beauty is known to have been occasionally indulged in by private individuals in ancient Greece, but no public collection of them appears to have been formed in that country with the view of educating the general taste. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cable border, banded onyx, brown sard, green jasper, wearing disk, silphium plant, banded agate, draped female figure, nude male figure, suckling calf, holding sceptre, engraved gems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Blacas Coll, Castellani Coll, Townley Coll, Hamilton Coll, Payne Knight Coll, Cracherode Coll, Pierres de Stosch, Gemmae Ant, Hertz Coll, Burgon Coll, British Museum, Sloane Coll, Pulsky Coll, Blacas Coil, Blacaa Coll, Artemis of Ephesus, Apollo Musegetes, Castellani Coil, Gazette Arch, Magna Graecia, Pinsky Coll, Select Coins, Julius Caesar, Mount Argaios, Winged Sphinx New!
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THE habit of collecting engraved gems for the sake of their beauty is known to have been occasionally indulged in by private individuals in ancient Greece, but no public collection of them appears to have been formed in that country with the view of educating the general taste. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cable border, banded onyx, brown sard, green jasper, wearing disk, silphium plant, banded agate, draped female figure, nude male figure, suckling calf, holding sceptre, engraved gems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Blacas Coll, Castellani Coll, Townley Coll, Hamilton Coll, Payne Knight Coll, Cracherode Coll, Pierres de Stosch, Gemmae Ant, Hertz Coll, Burgon Coll, British Museum, Sloane Coll, Pulsky Coll, Blacas Coil, Blacaa Coll, Artemis of Ephesus, Apollo Musegetes, Castellani Coil, Gazette Arch, Magna Graecia, Pinsky Coll, Select Coins, Julius Caesar, Mount Argaios, Winged Sphinx New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum by Rupert Smith in Front Matter
- South of France: French Entree 10 (No. 10) by Patricia Fenn on page 203
- A Catalogue of Engraved Gems in the British Museum by A. H. Smith in Front Matter
- Julius Caesar (Shakespeare for Everyone) by Jennifer Mulherin on page 173
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