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"MOST COMPREHENSIVE MONOGRAPH EVER PUBLISHED ON ENGRAVED GEMS" FURTWÄNGLER, ADOLF. Die Antiken Gemmen Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im
"MOST COMPREHENSIVE MONOGRAPH EVER PUBLISHED ON ENGRAVED GEMS" FURTWÄNGLER, ADOLF. Die Antiken Gemmen Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im Klassischen Altertum. 70 plates containing thousands of examples of engraved gems. 3 volumes. Folio, rebound in modern 1/4 brown morocco gilt; scattered minor foxing and soiling, plates bright. Leipzig and Berlin, 1900
- Notes: scarce first edition of the monumental work on engraved gems. Furtwängler provides such comprehensive information on engraved gem study as origins, significance, engravers, values, uses, collections and collectors, techniques, and more. He reviews the history of engraving from the Near East through the Greek and Roman periods into Late Roman Empire, provides a comprehensive bibliographical section, and a remarkable appendix. "The most comprehensive monograph ever published on the engraved gems of antiquity"--Sinkankas 227.
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