Excerpt from The Lewis Collection of Gems and Rings in the Possession of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: With an Introductory Essay on Ancient Gems Many of these gems were acquired by Mr Lewis in the course of his frequent journeys into Italy, Greece and more distant Oriental countries. An inscription cut on the modern ring-setting of some of the gems records the place and the date of their acquisition. A still larger proportion of the collection was pure chased from various dealers in Smyrna, Naples, Paris and elsewhere, between whom and Mr Lewis a constant intercourse was kept up. Many times in the course of each year Mr Lewis received from these dealers parcels of gems which were sent to him on approval to select any which he might wish to buy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.