Author: BABELON, ERNEST.
Title: La Gravure en Pierres Fines Camees et Intailles.
Description: Paris, Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1894. Orig hardcover in dark purple cloth, title in gilt to the spine. 8vo, 320 pp.Text in French. A basic survey of the techniques of carving hardstones from the ancient to the modern. Includes work by Egyptians, Assyrians, Armenians, Persians, Phoenicians, Mycenaens, Cretans, Greeks, Etruscans, Hellenistic Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Orientals, and Europeans through the 19th century. 204 black & white illustrations in the text. Condition: VG.

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