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ROME .

Lapis-lazuli is a sulphur-silicate of alumina, and limeor soda. It is hard, crystalline but rarely in crystals, andit is extremely rare that a specimen is found of anythinglike the dimensions of the specimen before us.—D. T. A.]

49 Various shell cameos, carved by Guiseppe Deas, ofRome .

50 Lies, E.

Hour large volumes, in white vellum:—Canina’s RomanEdifices ( Edifizi di Soma), 2 vols.; Canina’s ChristianEpochs (Tempi Cristiani); Maritime Antiquities of Etruria(AnticMta dd Etruria Maritime).

51 Tv oncnr, E., 13 King William Street , Strand.

English vase, copied from the antique, in green Pratomarble, triangular stand, and solid Hons’ heads.

52 Tbentaitove.

Vase of white marble, in form of an Etruscan vase,executed in African stone.

53 A tazza in white marble, copied from the greatWarwick Vase, and a Column in Oriental alabaster, re-

presenting the Trajan Column, both belonging to C.Trebbi.

54 An altar, and two vases in Oriental alabaster, byDella Moda, artist.

[The altar in this group is so contrived as to admit alight by which the beautiful transparency of the materialmay be seen at night. The vases are as remarkable fortheir elegance of form as for their delicacy of finish.—D. T. A.] __

55 Godweel, M.—Sculptor.

Group of white marble, representing two boys with abird’s nest.

56 BiEKAiMft, Angelo, of Rome , 22 Newman Street —Sculptor.

Marble group, “ Love Triumphant.”

57 Costoli, Professor, Some.

A favourite spaniel dog, modelled from life, in terracotta, by Professor Costoli, for the Rev. Mr. Sawford, theowner.