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Handbook of engraved gems (1885)

King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, G. Bell · leaf 90

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or by the owl of Pallas ; the meaning couched in the wliole presenting an enigma by no means difiScult to be solved. But to pursue this subject further would be an endless task, inasmuch as every gem-cabinet presents new ex- amples of these whimsical yet elegant fancies, born of the same taste that…

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