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GREECE - CHIOS
ARGENTI (PHILIP P.) Istoria tou Chiakou oikou Argenti [The History of the Argenti of Chios], FIRST EDITION, Venice, 1841 (2)

23 March 2022, 12:00 GMT
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GREECE - CHIOS

ARGENTI (PHILIP P.) Istoria tou Chiakou oikou Argenti [The History of the Argenti of Chios], FIRST EDITION, text in Greek, engraved frontispiece, and 12 plates (2 printed in colours, others photogravure), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered on spine, 4to (290 x 215mm.), Athens, Sakellariou, 1922--[SCHILIZZI FAMILY]. Orologion [Book of Hours], title and text in Greek, printed in red and black throughout, woodcut illustrations, contemporary black cloth, cover edged in gilt metal, with clasp (etched with ownership name "J.S. Schilizzi"), g.e., 8vo, Venice, 1841 (2)

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A scarce history of the Argenti families of Chios, together with a nineteenth century Greek Book of Hours bound for John Stephanovic Schilizzi (1840-1908), with his name on the clasp. The Schilizzi family stockbroking business traded in Chios and Constantinople until the 1920s, but after the destruction of Chios established offices abroad including London and Liverpool. John Stephanovic's grandaughter, Helene, was married to Philip Argenti, author of the The History of the Argenti of Chios.

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