Excerpt from Catalogue of Rare Engraved Gems, Ancient Greek, Roman and Other Coins, Amulets, Rosaries and Other Objects of Archaeological Interest: Collected by the Late Mary Anna Palmer Draper of New York City; To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New YorkThe Greek gem cutters' art was in turn passed on to the Romans. The period in which the Greeks were at work before the Romans themselves had mastered the art is known as the greco-roman epoch. Early in the Roman Imperialdays a high degree of excellence was obtained both in cameo and intaglio engraving. Portraits by such artists as Gnaius (no. Aulus, etc., are admirable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.