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INTRODUCTION. 75
nesi; and to those who desire a knowledge of gems,
the acquaintance of Cades in the Corso, a taker of
casts, where the impressions may be seen, and the
histories learned of all the most valuable intaglj that
have been found in Italy. Cades is also a manufac-
turer of pastas, or false gems, in perfection. We were
somewhat surprised to find that ancient pastas
bore a higher price among the antiquaries than
real gems, on account of their very great rarity.
Alloyed gold has been found in Etruria, and some few
pastas. Dedomenicis is the first authority amongst
thedealers forcoins, andl cannot close the list without
mentioning as a most obliging, useful, and delight-
ful acquaintance, the Cavaliere Barberi in the Via
Rasella, the first artist in mosaics in Rome, a man
of universal information, a poet and painter, a
traveller and a scholar. He gave us an account of
the Etruscan vases which he had himself seen in
some of the tumuli in Crim Tartary. He is not
connected with G. Barberi in the Piazza di Spagna,
though of the same profession.
And now in conclusion, gentle reader, let me
beseech of you to be gentle towards me, and towards
the errors and omissions which may be found in
this work. I doubt not there are many, but my aim
is to excite rather than to gratify curiosity, and to
persuade you to go and see for yourself, rather thau
to rest satisfied with what I have seen and detail to
you. I have truly and simply related things as I
saw and understood them, but it is possible that I
may sometimes have mistaken, as it is certain that
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nesi; and to those who desire a knowledge of gems,
the acquaintance of Cades in the Corso, a taker of
casts, where the impressions may be seen, and the
histories learned of all the most valuable intaglj that
have been found in Italy. Cades is also a manufac-
turer of pastas, or false gems, in perfection. We were
somewhat surprised to find that ancient pastas
bore a higher price among the antiquaries than
real gems, on account of their very great rarity.
Alloyed gold has been found in Etruria, and some few
pastas. Dedomenicis is the first authority amongst
thedealers forcoins, andl cannot close the list without
mentioning as a most obliging, useful, and delight-
ful acquaintance, the Cavaliere Barberi in the Via
Rasella, the first artist in mosaics in Rome, a man
of universal information, a poet and painter, a
traveller and a scholar. He gave us an account of
the Etruscan vases which he had himself seen in
some of the tumuli in Crim Tartary. He is not
connected with G. Barberi in the Piazza di Spagna,
though of the same profession.
And now in conclusion, gentle reader, let me
beseech of you to be gentle towards me, and towards
the errors and omissions which may be found in
this work. I doubt not there are many, but my aim
is to excite rather than to gratify curiosity, and to
persuade you to go and see for yourself, rather thau
to rest satisfied with what I have seen and detail to
you. I have truly and simply related things as I
saw and understood them, but it is possible that I
may sometimes have mistaken, as it is certain that
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