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Sinkankas: The collection belonged to Mr. E. P. Warren, who requested Beazley to prepare the catalog. The text deals with intaglios of the Cretan and Mycenaean periods into the Renaissance, also with cameos, though few of the latter are in the collection. Fully annotated descriptions, but lacking dimensions. A short supplement on intaglios and the addenda refer to examples of gems in other collections which are illustrated by photos of impressions on the first two plates, A and B. Plates 1–10 depict impressions of the Lewes House gems and, like the previous two, are of good quality. Text figures on plates show a headdress and its method of wear to demonstrate that it could be of the kind depicted on certain ancient gems. On high-quality paper. Scarce. See also P. and H. Zazoff, Gemmensammler, 1983, pp. 237, 240.