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Memories of an old collector (1898)

Tyszkiewicz, Micha, 1828-1897 · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 98

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i tothe British Museum, and a rather badengraving of it has been published byMr. Murray. ^ I am at a loss toimagine why, in the British Museum,this figure is said to have come fromTaranto, for it was found in an openfield near the Lake of Bracciano. Ofthis I am absolutely sure.^ History of Greek… … fto^.c- ^y>^^ AN OLD COLLECTOR 85 CHAPTER V From the time that Castellani re-enteredRome in the wake of the ItaHan army,and had contrived, by means of thehigh prices he offered, to attract tohimself all the dealers in antiquitiesto be found in the city, the bosomsof the confraternity were…

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