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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Phaidon Press, London, UK. 1968. 339 pgs. Illustrated with black and white photographs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A study of Greek and Etruscan gems is singularly rewarding. This is the first comprehensive book on the subject since Furtwangler's monumental work published in 1900. Dr Richter gives a representative selection of 695 Greek and 181 Etruscan examples, taken from all major European and American collections. The material is arranged chronologically with an introductory chapter for each period. In most cases an illustration of the intaglio in the original, minute size is accompanied by an enlarged illustration of the impression which shows the design as it was intended to be seen. E-114; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 317 pages. Seller Inventory # 58178
Book Description 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 339 pages (includes [106] pages of plates): ill. (part colour); 34 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographies. Contents: Incomplete contents pt. 1: Engraved gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans; a history of Greek art in miniature.--pt. 2. Engraved gems of the Romans; a supplement to the history of Roman art. Subjects: Gems, Ancient; Catalogs. Gems, Classical; Catalogs. Classical works- Roman. Roman art pictorial works. Roman history. Genre: Catalogue. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 331419
Book Description 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 339 pages (includes [106] pages of plates): ill. (part colour); 34 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographies. Contents: Incomplete contents pt. 1: Engraved gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans; a history of Greek art in miniature.--pt. 2. Engraved gems of the Romans; a supplement to the history of Roman art. Subjects: Gems, Ancient; Catalogs. Gems, Classical; Catalogs. Classical works- Roman. Roman art pictorial works. Roman history. Genre: Catalogue. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 331419
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Photos/Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto, 307pp., Dust Jacket is wrapped in a fresh Mylar protective sleeve. The Engraved Gems of The Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans Part Two. Seller Inventory # 021746