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No doubt on the strength of his publication the previous year, Gori was commissioned by the
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Columbarium Libertorum et Servorum Liviae Augustae et Caesarum Romae detectum in Via Appia. Anno MDCCXXVI... Descriptum, & XX. Aere incisis Tabulis illustratum Adjectis Notis Clariss. V. Antonii Mariae
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For the new antiquarian humanism of the 18th century, in which Gori was an indispensable figure, see
Arnaldo Momigliano, "Ancient History and the Antiquarian"
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the organising meeting, 15 May 1735, convened in the "Colombaria" tower in the founding member
Giovanni Girolamo de' Pazzi's palazzo in Borgo degli Albizi.
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were based. In 1735 he was a founding member of a circle of antiquaries and connoisseurs in
Florence called the SocietĂ Colombaria, the predecessor of the
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Vescovo di Firenze ...dedicata al medesimo santo dalla famiglia de Salviati patrizii fiorentini...
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of antiquities of all kinds; the project eventually extended to twelve folio volumes, published 1731–1766. Gori employed artists like
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Gori was also an authority on the Greek vases being found in such quantities in
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Monumentum sive columbarium libertorum et servorum Liviae
Augustae et Caesarum, Romae detectum in Via Appia, anno MDCCXXVI
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Thesauro Mediceo et privatorum dactyliothecis florentiae ... Imagines virorum illustrium et deorum.
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to draw copies of famous works of which he oversaw the engraving and publication. The first volume, in two parts,
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Antiqua numismata aurea et argentea praestantiora et aerea maximi moduli
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from 1746, and a professor at the Liceo, whose numerous publications of
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Notizie del memorabile scoprimento dell'antica cittĂ di Ercolano
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Memorie di varia erudizione della SocietĂ Colombaria Fiorentina
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333:Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
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