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GEORG.FRIDER SCHOMANN: DE COMITIIS ATHENIENSUM LIBRI TRES. GRYPHISWALDIAE [GREIFSWALD] 1819
First edition, in 8vo, contemporary leather rubbed, large armorial coat of arms at covers, spotting and light browning in some places, complete 392p., overall in almost very good condition
Schomann ((1793-1879), an ardent Philhellene became one of the greatest authorities on Greek antiquities, this book was written when was still a young scholar. It is an early scientific study on Ancient Greece. It is the first comprehensive analysis of how Athenian Democracy actually functioned on a daily basis.Schomann meticulously researched ancient sources and compiled one of the first book in the Political science on ancient Greece.
Schoman explained in details all the voting system of Athenians and the levels of Athenian democracy. The work, although academic, had profound impact in the elite levels of contemporary Greeks and serious indirect effects on the early political models of Revolutionary Greece in the next coming years. Scarce