Antique Intaglios in the Hermitage Collection, O. Neverov, 1976, Aurora Art Publishers botanical books literary feel

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The book shows visible wear consistent with age

Antique Intaglios in the Hermitage Collection, O. Neverov, 1976, Aurora Art Publishers botanical books literary feelCompiled and introduced by O. Neverov and published by Aurora Art Publishers in Leningrad in 1976, this bilingual Russian and English reference volume documents the antique intaglio collection held at the State Hermitage Museum, presenting carved gemstones and hardstone seals from antiquity through the eighteenth century. Intaglios, engraved with portraits, mythological subjects, and decorative motifs for use as personal seals and later as collected