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Pomardi, a Roman artist, who accompanied him throughout his
Tour, and who completed no less than six hundred views of the
country, its scenery, and antiquities. Besides these, four hundred
other drawings were made by the Author himself. From this
assemblage of one thousand drawings several have been engraved
for the present work; and sixty more have been selected from
the remainder, in order to form a separate publication of co-
loured engravings upon a larger scale.
These travels would have made their appearance some years
before, if the intentions of the Author had not been frustrated by
a long detention upon the continent, to which he was subjected
by the government of Bonaparte.
The accomplishment of the following publication had long been
an object of desire with the Author; and the feeling of gratitude
strongly impels him to make this public mention of his obligations
to those, by whom the execution of that object was facilitated. In
this list, the Author begs leave to assign the first place to his Father.
The thanks of the Author are also eminently due to Mons. Lecheva-
lier,1 to Count Annoni, of Milan, Mess. Granet,2 Dupaty,3 and Paulin
1 Author of the learned works entitled " Voyage dans la Troade," 3 vols, in 8vo. with an
atlas, and " Voyage de la Propontide, et du Pont Euxine," 2 vols, in 8vo. with maps. It is to
this celebrated traveller that the world is indebted for settling, in a clear and unequivocal man-
ner, the long controversy about the position of Troy and its memorable plain. The author of
the present Tour visited the Troade with the Iliad of Homer, and the Travels of Lechevalier as
his only guides, and he can, with other travellers who have been upon the spot, bear testimony
to the scrupulous accuracy of the work; and it is certain, that those who have since written
upon the same subject, have either copied the ideas of Lechevalier, or, if they have differed
from him, they have committed errors, or fabricated systems which cannot be upheld. It is
to the friendly exertions of the discoverer of Troy, and to Count Annoni of Milan, that the
Author is indebted for the permission which was granted him to travel in Greece upon
his parole.
8 A celebrated French painter residing at Rome.
1 A French sculptor of great talent.
Pomardi, a Roman artist, who accompanied him throughout his
Tour, and who completed no less than six hundred views of the
country, its scenery, and antiquities. Besides these, four hundred
other drawings were made by the Author himself. From this
assemblage of one thousand drawings several have been engraved
for the present work; and sixty more have been selected from
the remainder, in order to form a separate publication of co-
loured engravings upon a larger scale.
These travels would have made their appearance some years
before, if the intentions of the Author had not been frustrated by
a long detention upon the continent, to which he was subjected
by the government of Bonaparte.
The accomplishment of the following publication had long been
an object of desire with the Author; and the feeling of gratitude
strongly impels him to make this public mention of his obligations
to those, by whom the execution of that object was facilitated. In
this list, the Author begs leave to assign the first place to his Father.
The thanks of the Author are also eminently due to Mons. Lecheva-
lier,1 to Count Annoni, of Milan, Mess. Granet,2 Dupaty,3 and Paulin
1 Author of the learned works entitled " Voyage dans la Troade," 3 vols, in 8vo. with an
atlas, and " Voyage de la Propontide, et du Pont Euxine," 2 vols, in 8vo. with maps. It is to
this celebrated traveller that the world is indebted for settling, in a clear and unequivocal man-
ner, the long controversy about the position of Troy and its memorable plain. The author of
the present Tour visited the Troade with the Iliad of Homer, and the Travels of Lechevalier as
his only guides, and he can, with other travellers who have been upon the spot, bear testimony
to the scrupulous accuracy of the work; and it is certain, that those who have since written
upon the same subject, have either copied the ideas of Lechevalier, or, if they have differed
from him, they have committed errors, or fabricated systems which cannot be upheld. It is
to the friendly exertions of the discoverer of Troy, and to Count Annoni of Milan, that the
Author is indebted for the permission which was granted him to travel in Greece upon
his parole.
8 A celebrated French painter residing at Rome.
1 A French sculptor of great talent.