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Catalogue of the extensive collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Indian, Peruvian, Mexican, and Chinese antiquities and articles of vertu

"A curious assemblage of the original sales catalog (see description under Sotheby & Wilkinson, 1859), with additional half-title which states that the Hertz Collection belongs to Joseph Mayer of Liverpool, and a new full-title as given above, and also includes a special list of the lots sold and their purchasers. This list has its own title on a bound-in wrapper cover!"-​-​Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 2923. "The large catalog of the extensive collection formed by Bram Hertz, including disposal of 13 gnostic & abraxoid engraved gems, 213 cameos, 1239 intaglios, 34 gem-set rings, and 210 scarabs, seals, and cylinders, Also sold were many small stone objects from Egypt and three splendid examples of pre-Columbian Mexican inlay work, namely, a wood mask, a sacrificial knife, and a human skull, upon which objects were overlaid turquoise, obsidian, malachite, coral, and nacre."-​-​Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 6218.

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