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040			_aPMNP _beng _cKutubkhanah Diraja
082			_a930.90094
100			_93632 _aNavari, Leonora
245			_aGreek Civilization Through the Eyes of Travellers and Scholars / _c Collection of Dimitris Contominas
260			_aUSA _bOak Knoll Press _c2004
300			_a523P
520			_aIn one of the most elegant annotated bibliographies ever created, Leonora Navari, the compiler, in association with Konstantinos Staikos, a leading authority on library history and bibliographies, have created an indispensable aid to any scholar of Greek culture. This work documents the renowned collection of Dimitris Contominas, whose library was built with the goal of collecting every scholars and visitors to Greece from the fifteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Each book is completely described bibliographically, with pagination, collations of signatures, description of illustrations, and bindings. The notes are varied and include information on printing history, biographical details of the authors, illustrators, the significance of the work, and its connection with the historical bias of its time as well as a listing of selected holdings. The historical introduction is bilingual in English and Greek with all the annotations in English. There are over 200 rare illustration
650		0	_91094 _aHistory, Ancient
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