Manners and Customs of the Greeks;
Date
1849
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
single volume
Spine missing, front and backboards detached. All leaves disbound. In poor condition.
Spine missing, front and backboards detached. All leaves disbound. In poor condition.
Creator
Panofka, Theodor: Ponofka was a early systematic scholar of Greek vases; one of the founders of the institution later to become the German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches archäologisches Institut).
Scope and content
One of the first books to systematically deal with the study and classification of Greek vases.
For a digitised example see: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008390128/page/n7/mode/2up
It is probable that this found its way into the Royal School of (Art) Needlework's library as design inspiration and was part of the paint-room library, the department responsible for design at the Royal School of Needlework from 1872 until c.1980.
For a digitised example see: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008390128/page/n7/mode/2up
It is probable that this found its way into the Royal School of (Art) Needlework's library as design inspiration and was part of the paint-room library, the department responsible for design at the Royal School of Needlework from 1872 until c.1980.
Reference code
books/Pa6
