The William Hammer Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The William Hammer Collection of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesTo pursue his studies in art he' resided in the south of Europe for several years at a time. It was during his first sojourn in Italy, in 1853-55, that he commenced to collect and study antiquities, an occupation that, until his death, continued to be his chosen pastime. But his studies extended beyond a mere diversion. He was an ardent student and the author of a scholarly treatise on antique clay lamps De Antike Lerlamper. The first edition of this work was published in Copenhagen in 1887. He was preparing an enlarged edition of it for the press at the time of his death. His desire to the last was to keep the collection together in its entirety and to add to it. For this reason he refused the offers that were made to him by several of the larger museums in Europe to purchase individual specimens particularly desired by them.At the time of his death Mr. Hammer left behind him a mass of miscellaneous manuscript notes - some of them mere jottings - descriptive of his collection. There was evidence that he proposed preparing a catalogue arranged on the plan of the Hand-book of the Royal Collection of Antiquities in Copenhagen. That arrangement has, therefore, been followed in the present instance. The work of translating and collat ing the notes has been done by Mr. Hans M. Wilder, one of the Assistants in the Museum.In addition to the collection of antiquities described in this catalogue, the collection of Mr. Hammer includes some nine hundred Greek and Roman coins of 600 B. 0, - 200 A. D., which have been arranged on view in the Numismatic Section.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.