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vui PREFACE.
The obligations I have been under to Cluver, Miiller,
and other writers, living as well as dead, I must here
acknowledge in general terms, as it would be impossible
to state the source whence every reference or suggestion
has been derived. Yet wherever I have availed myself
of the labours of others, I have carefully verified
their authorities, or, very rarely, have transferred the
responsibility to the proper quarter.
I must also take this opportunity of paying my personal
tribute of thanks to certain living antiquaries, whose names
stand high in European estimation ; particularly to Doctors
Braun and Henzen, the secretaries of the Archaeological
Institute of Rome, for their kindness in affording me facilities
for the prosecution of my studies, especially by placing the
copious library of the Institute at my command. To these
I must add the names of Professor Migliarini of Florence,
whose obliging courtesy has stood me in good stead when
in that city; and of Mr. Birch, of the British Museum,
who has favoured me with his notes of two sarcophagi at
Musignano, described at page 439 of this volume. Nor
must I forget to mention my friend and fellow-traveller Mr.
Ainsley, to whom I am indebted for the free use of the
notes of his Etruscan tours, as well as for several sketches
used in illustrating this work.
The obligations I have been under to Cluver, Miiller,
and other writers, living as well as dead, I must here
acknowledge in general terms, as it would be impossible
to state the source whence every reference or suggestion
has been derived. Yet wherever I have availed myself
of the labours of others, I have carefully verified
their authorities, or, very rarely, have transferred the
responsibility to the proper quarter.
I must also take this opportunity of paying my personal
tribute of thanks to certain living antiquaries, whose names
stand high in European estimation ; particularly to Doctors
Braun and Henzen, the secretaries of the Archaeological
Institute of Rome, for their kindness in affording me facilities
for the prosecution of my studies, especially by placing the
copious library of the Institute at my command. To these
I must add the names of Professor Migliarini of Florence,
whose obliging courtesy has stood me in good stead when
in that city; and of Mr. Birch, of the British Museum,
who has favoured me with his notes of two sarcophagi at
Musignano, described at page 439 of this volume. Nor
must I forget to mention my friend and fellow-traveller Mr.
Ainsley, to whom I am indebted for the free use of the
notes of his Etruscan tours, as well as for several sketches
used in illustrating this work.