Art of carving and engraving of stones or gems

Die antiken Gemmen / von Peter Zazoff.

Dactyliotheca Smithiana / Volumen primum, gemmarum ectypa et Antonii Francisci Gorii narrationes complectens. (Historiam glyptographicam auctore Antonio Francisco Gorio exhibens).

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Die antiken Gemmen / von Peter Zazoff.

Dactyliotheca Smithiana / Volumen primum, gemmarum ectypa et Antonii Francisci Gorii narrationes complectens. (Historiam glyptographicam auctore Antonio Francisco Gorio exhibens).