Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. Quarto. xxix [i], 538pp. Original marine blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling to spine in original illustrated dustjacket with white and blue lettering on spine. Green endpapers. "This is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated catalogue of the magnificent collection of over 1000 elevated gems in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, which also provides a history of engraved gems from C. 1000 BCE to the nineteenth century CE." (Publisher) Illustrated throughout with b/w in-text photographs. Appendixes and indexes at rear. Minor wear. Near fine condition. Seller Inventory # 54467
Seller: Thomas Heneage Art Books, London, United Kingdom
c.588pp with 982 monochrome illustrations. Cloth 31x24.6cms. ISBN: 052123901X. Well illustrated, comprehensive catalogue of this remarkable, wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 engraved gems dating from c.1,000 BC to the 19th century AD. The collection includes a large holding of Sassanian gems. Text in English. Seller Inventory # 050624