Handbook of Engraved Gems (Classic Reprint)
King, C. W. Excerpt from Handbook of Engraved Gems
My 'Antique Gems and Rings' is now out of print, and will not be republished. During the interval since its appearance, so much additional information has flowed in upon me, more particularly from the Oriental quarter, that I should not be satisfied with another edition of that work, unless the great stock of fresh materials which I have collected should be incorporated, and also large additions made - a...