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History of the Society of Dilettanti 183
proposed publication was therefore printed and
distributed to the members of the Society. The
work was at once put in hand, and was originally
intended to form a second volume to the Unedited
Antiquities of Attica. This idea was however aban-
doned, and in May, 18/0, it was decided to issue
the work as a separate volume, under the title of
Investigations of Athenian Architecture. Proofs of the
plates and text were laid on the table at various
meetings of the Society, and in February, 1872, the
volume itself was at last laid on the table. The
usual number of presentation copies was distributed,
and each member received a copy with an accom-
panying portfolio of prints, the remaining copies
being offered to the public at .£4, afterwards raised
to £? ?s. od. apiece.
After the publication of Mr. Penrose's work, the hatter
energies of the Society of Dilettanti slackened for ?/frs.(f ,
some years. It would seem that the repeated infliction secretary.
of additional subscriptions, in order to defray the ship.
expense of successive publications, not only proved
irksome to members, even when they bore their
share ungrudgingly, but also had a deterrent effect
on obtaining fresh candidates, as the members of
the Society from this time fell far short of the
seventy to which number its circle had been limited.
The Secretary, Mr. W. R. Hamilton, occupied some of
the leisure of his declining years in compiling a list
of the members of the Society from its foundation,
which was finished in 1874 and printed for the
use of members shortly afterwards, as well as a com-
pendious history of the Society., which was completed
and distributed to members in 1857, under the
title l Historical Notices of the Society of Dilettanti.
Printed for Private Circulation only. Seria Ludo.
proposed publication was therefore printed and
distributed to the members of the Society. The
work was at once put in hand, and was originally
intended to form a second volume to the Unedited
Antiquities of Attica. This idea was however aban-
doned, and in May, 18/0, it was decided to issue
the work as a separate volume, under the title of
Investigations of Athenian Architecture. Proofs of the
plates and text were laid on the table at various
meetings of the Society, and in February, 1872, the
volume itself was at last laid on the table. The
usual number of presentation copies was distributed,
and each member received a copy with an accom-
panying portfolio of prints, the remaining copies
being offered to the public at .£4, afterwards raised
to £? ?s. od. apiece.
After the publication of Mr. Penrose's work, the hatter
energies of the Society of Dilettanti slackened for ?/frs.(f ,
some years. It would seem that the repeated infliction secretary.
of additional subscriptions, in order to defray the ship.
expense of successive publications, not only proved
irksome to members, even when they bore their
share ungrudgingly, but also had a deterrent effect
on obtaining fresh candidates, as the members of
the Society from this time fell far short of the
seventy to which number its circle had been limited.
The Secretary, Mr. W. R. Hamilton, occupied some of
the leisure of his declining years in compiling a list
of the members of the Society from its foundation,
which was finished in 1874 and printed for the
use of members shortly afterwards, as well as a com-
pendious history of the Society., which was completed
and distributed to members in 1857, under the
title l Historical Notices of the Society of Dilettanti.
Printed for Private Circulation only. Seria Ludo.