9780521239011

Classical Gems: Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Martin Henig; Diana Scarisbrick; Mary Whiting; Fitzwilliam Museum

ISBN 10: 052123901X / 0-521-23901-X
ISBN 13: 9780521239011
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
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This is a comprehensive, lavishly-illustrated catalog of the magnificent collection of over 1000 engraved gems in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. It also provides a history of engraved gems from c. 1000 BC to the nineteenth century AD. The museums collection contains work by the greatest of the Classical Greek engravers, Dexamenos, and by the master signet-cutter of the Augustan age, Dioskourides, who provided Augustus's own seal; it also includes a large holding of Sassanian gems and others from north-west India.


 

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Classical Gems. Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. (ISBN: 9780521239011)
Henig, Martin;Scarisbrick, Diana;Whiting, Mary;Fitzwilliam Museum
ISBN 10: 052123901X
ISBN 13: 9780521239011
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Book Description: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xxix, 538p very large hardback, first edition blue cloth, humidity damage affecting rear board in particular but also 20 or so pages at either end, however readability is unaffected, otherwise firm, pages clean, still a very usable copy, comprehensive and lavishly illustrated catalogue of over 1000 engraved gems in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Bookseller Inventory # PAB 153082

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Classical Gems: Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge (ISBN: 052123901X / 0-521-23901-X)
Henig, Martin;Scarisbrick, Diana;Whiting, Mary;Fitzwilliam Museum
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ISBN 13: 9780521239011
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Book Description: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1994. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. xxx, 538pp, profusely illustrated. Bookseller Inventory # 27275

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