Jean Jacques Barthelemy (1716-95), a highly esteemed classical scholar and Jesuit, is probably best known for his work on French royal medals and The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece , the latter having an extremely high impact upon the growth...

Bos, 1670-1717, was professor of Greek at the University of Franeker. This work was first published in 1714 and was reprinted into the 19th century. A useful brief survey of ancient Greece for the student or the traveler on the Grand Tour. This edition is...

Burgess, Thomas, D.D. 1756-1837, successively bishop of St. David's and Salisbury," Up to 1791 he remained at Oxford, publishing various classical works; but he gradually Ôturned his attention to sacred studies." [DNB]Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodh...

Edward Burton (1794-1836), Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, canon of Christ Church and rector of Ewelme, was responsible for replacing the pews in his church with open seating, a rare arrangement in that day. He was the author of several works, m...

Caseo de la Chausse (c1660-1724) born in Paris, he settled in Rome and developed an expertise in Roman antiquities. He was greatly respected and became the French counsul in Rome. "A sumptuous work describing and depicting upon the excellent engraved plat...

The Museo Dell'Accademia Etrusca:In 1727, due to the initiative of three brothers, Marcello, Ridolfino and Filippo Venuti, the Etruscan Academy was born. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Giangastone dei Medici gave them the use of some of the space in Palazzo...

Goltzius (1526-1583) German Antiquary. "He considered medals as the very foundation of true history; and travelled through France, Germany, and Italy, in order to make collections, and to draw them what lights he could....He was the author of several exce...

Antonio Francisco Gorio (1691-1757) ; Author of an account of the grand duke's cabinet, "Musaeum Florentinum' Florent. 1731, continued to 11 vols. fol. ; 'Musaeum Etruscum' 1737, 3 vols. fol. ; ' Musaeum Cortonense' in Rome 1750, fol. He also published th...

Lauchau (c1750-) & Le Blond (1738-1805) famous work on the gem collection of Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orleans (1747-1793). The collection was bought by Catherine II of Russia in 1787 and is now in the Hermitage.The plates are universally praised even...

Licetus (1577-1657) was an Italian physician and scholar. He taught at Padua and Pisa and was involved in numerous disputes. He wrote on a variety of subjects--astronomy. mysticism, numismatics, gynecology, monsters, light, phosphorescence and gems. The "...