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Excerpt from Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum: Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities: First Vase Room In 1836, the Trustees purchased a number of fine vases at the sale of the celebrated Collection of the Chevalier E. Durand, and again, in 1837, at the sale cf part of the Prince of Canino's vases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.