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1825

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Registration certificate given to Theoklitos Farmakidis during the Plenary meeting of the Philomuse Society in Athens. 

Athens, 9 September 1825

29 x 18.5 cm. – Athens Printing House

Farmakidis Archive, Φρ 28.7

 

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The Philomuse Society in Athens. Through its Ephors it forms a Committee in… − In Athens on… 182… − The Ephors…. the Secretary….

Single page, 29.3 x 19.5 cm. – Athens Printing House

Document for the various charters of the Philomuse Society, with blanks to be filled in. This copy was filled and signed on 14 November 1825. It assigns the Committee of Nafplio, formed by Theoklitos Farmakidis, Spyridon Trikoupis and E. Xenos.

Farmakidis Archive, Φρ 28.9

 

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To the inhabitants in the provinces of Attica, Salamina, Megara, Livadeia, Thiva etc. 6 October 1825. The Commander of the Regular Corps and Colonel Fabvier, one of the Majors of the honourable French Legion.

Single page, 31.6 x 21.3 cm. – Athens Printing House

The only copy in known bibliography of a printed invitation to enlist in the Army, by Colonel Fabvier to the inhabitants of Eastern Mainland Greece.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 195

 

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Notice. Athens. 19 October 1825.  The Commander of the Regular Corps and Colonel Fabvier, one of the Commanders of the honourable French Legion.

Single page, 43.1 x 33.5 cm. – Athens Printing House

The only copy in known bibliography of a notice issued by the Commander of the Regular Corps, Colonel Fabvier, to recruit new soldiers. It comprises a list of items that would be given to them (clothing, weapons, foodstuffs, and wages).

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 196

 

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Greek Annals, issue 23. Missolonghi, 21 March 1825.

Two pages, 24 x 19.5 cm. – Missolonghi Printing House

A note added during the printing process with smaller letters at the lower part of the page announces the victory of the Greeks.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, Π 695

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Greek Annals, issue 79. Missolonghi, 3 October 1825.

Two pages, 25.5 x 19.5 cm. – Missolonghi Printing House

Farmakidis Archive, Φρ. 36

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Hymn to Liberty written by Dionysios Solomos from Zante in the Month of May 1823. Inno alla Libertà Dionisio Solomos da Zacinto scrisse Il Mese di Maggio 1823. Volgarizzato in Prosa Italiana da G. Grassetti Prof. di Lettere Italiane e Latine in Zante.

Octavo (20 x 27.7 cm), 67 p. – Missolonghi Printing House, 1825

The first edition in revolutionary Greece of the Hymn to Liberty by Dionysios Solomos, without the stanzas where England and Austria are denounced. It was the last book published in Missolonghi, probably just before the siege began or shortly after. Printer Dimitrios Mestheneas died while fighting during the Exodus. The text of Hymn to Liberty had already been published twice in France, in 1824 and 1825.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, ΝΦ-1043-X

 

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Hymn to Liberty written by Dionysios Solomos from Zante in the Month of May 1823. Inno alla Libertà Dionisio Solomos da Zacinto scrisse Il Mese di Maggio 1823. Volgarizzato in Prosa Italiana da G. Grassetti Prof. di Lettere Italiane e Latine in Zante.

Octavo (20 x 27.7 cm), 67 p. – Missolonghi Printing House, 1825

The first edition in revolutionary Greece of the Hymn to Liberty by Dionysios Solomos, without the stanzas where England and Austria are denounced. It was the last book published in Missolonghi, probably just before the siege began or shortly after. Printer Dimitrios Mestheneas died while fighting during the Exodus. The text of Hymn to Liberty had already been published twice in France, in 1824 and 1825.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, Royal Library, ΝΦ-1043-X α

 

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Provisional Government of Greece. Third period, No 7,073. The President of the Executive Body.    In Nafplio, 2 May 1825. By the Administration Printing House.

Single page, 41.5 x 32 cm. – The Administration Printing House

The first document published by the Administration Printing House in Nafplio. It is a circular by the revolutionary government, calling Greeks to leave aside peacetime projects and join the army in to face the grave danger by Ibrahim: “The Fatherland calls everyone to arms. Close your workshops, cease your trade. Greeks, this is no time for following Hermes the god of profit, we need to follow Mars [the god of war]”.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 186

 

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Provisional Government of Greece. Third period, No 7,279. The President of the Executive Body. In Nafplio, 10 May 1825. The President Georgios Kountouriotis. The General Secretary A. Mavrokordatos.

Single page, 42.8 x 32.5 cm. – The Administration Printing House

Announcement of the victory of Admiral Miaoulis in Modon.

 

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 188

 

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Provisional Government of Greece. Third period, No 7,592. The Executive Body. Nafplio, 18 May 1825. The Vice-President Gikas Botasis. The General Secretary A. Mavrokordatos.

Single page, 40.3 x 33 cm. – The Administration Printing House

Proclamation of the Executive Body of the Provisional Government of Greece regarding General Amnesty for political offences.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 189

 

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Provisional Government of Greece. Third period, No 7,828. The President of the Executive Body. Nafplio, 24 May 1825. By the Administration Printing House. The Vice-President Gikas Botasis. The General Secretary A. Mavrokordatos.

Single page, 42.7 x 33 cm. – The Administration Printing House

Announcement of the victory of the Second Squadron of the Greek Navy between Cavo Doro and Andros.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 190

 

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Third period, No [7473]. Provisional Government of Greece. The Ministry of War. In Nafplio, 31 May 1825. The Minister of War Adam Doukas. The General Secretary Dimitrios Saltelis. By the Administration Printing House. 

Single page, 44.7 x 28.2 cm. – The Administration Printing House

Announcement of the Provisional Government of Greece regarding measures against deserters in the army   

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 191

 

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Order of Meetings of the Parliamentary Body. In Nafplio, 23 September 1825. By the Administration Printing House. The first secretary of the Parliamentary Body I. Skandalides. 

Single page, 50.3 x 44 cm. – The Administration Printing House

The rules of procedure for the meeting of the Parliamentary Body, comprising 16 articles.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 193

 

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Third period, No 12,641. Provisional Government of Greece. The President of the Executive Body. Nafplio, 25 September 1825. The Vice-President Gikas Botasis. The General Secretary A. Mavrokordatos. By the Administration Printing House. 

Single page, 36.5 x 22.7 cm. – The Administration Printing House

The President of the Executive Body announces the commencement of the Third National Assembly on 25 December 1825.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 194

 

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Provisional Government of Greece. The Executive Body […] Orders. a) Mister Theoklitos Farmakidis is appointed news editor of the Administration. b) He will undertake the management of the Administration Printing House, with three printing presses equipped as necessary […] Nafplio, 29 September 1825.

36.5 x 22.7 cm.

Certified copy of the order appointing Theoklitos Farmakidis as editor of the General Gazette of Greece and head of the Administration Printing House on 29 September 1825.

Farmakidis Archive, Φρ 28.8α

 

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Third period, No 963. Provisional Government of Greece. The General Secretariat to Mister Theoklitos Farmakidis − Nafplio, 30 September 1825. The General Secretary A. Mavrokordatos.

25 x 20 cm.

Document by Alexandros Mavrokordatos, notifying Theoklitos Farmakidis about his appointment as editor of the General Gazette of Greece and sending a certified copy of the related order.

Farmakidis Archive, Φρ 28.8

 

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Extempore Speech given in a Church in Nafplio by Member of Parliament Mr Spyridon Trikoupis on 19 May 1825, day of General Amnesty in the presence of all the Members of the Administration and those to whom Amnesty was granted and a multitude of People.

8-page pamphlet in sextodecimo, 16.5 x 23 cm. – Administration Printing House

The pamphlet was printed in Nafplio in 1825 and the copy in possession of NLG is the only one that survives. The Speech was delivered in a critical time for the fate of the Revolution, right after the conquest of Sfaktiria and Neokastro by Ibrahim.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, Mavrokordatos-Baltatzis Library, ΒΕΙ*-1226-V

 

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Victory Speech, Composed by Mr N. Chrysogelos Sifnios and given by himself in the Champ de Mars outside Nafplio. In Nafplio 10 May 1825. By the Administration Printing House.

12-page pamphlet in octavo, 15 x 21.5 cm. – Administration Printing House

A celebration of the victory of the Greek fleet under the command of A. Miaoulis off the coast of Modon on 1 May 1825. The only surviving copy.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, ΒΕΙ*-249

 

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Regarding the Secretary of the Executive Body.

Octavo (22 x 29 cm), 24 p. – Administration Printing House, 1825

Anonymous pamphlet regarding a matter that, according to the author, preoccupied the public in Nafplio. It gives a positive answer to the question whether the General Secretary of the Executive Body, in particular Dimitrios Christidis, was also considered as Minister and so legally entitled to the position of the Senator.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, ΝΟΜ*-2137-O

 

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Decree regarding public revenue from land products. Nafplio, 23 February 1825.

Single page, 33.2 x 22 cm. – Hydra Printing House

Official document with a wealth of information regarding the kind and the collection of public revenue. The same single-page pamphlet was later printed with the same date by the Printing House in Nafplio.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 181

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Provisional Government of Greece. Third period, No 5712. The Executive Body. Nafplio, 28 March 1825. 

Single page, 33.3 x 21.8 cm. – Hydra Printing House

Announcement of the decision of the Executive Body, with the approval of the Parliamentary Branch, to restore Petrombey Mavromichalis’s political rights. This decision was taken after the heroic death of his son, Ioannis Mavromichalis.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 182

 

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Provisional Government of Greece. Third period, No 1115. The Ministry of Interior. The Minister of Interior, Grigorios Dikaios. The general secretary Georgios Glarakis. Nafplio, 28 March 1825.   

Single page, 32.5 x 22.2 cm. – Hydra Printing House

Announcement of the Ministry of Interior regarding the restoration of P. Mavromichalis’s political rights.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 183

 

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To the honourable Dimitrios Christidis, int.[erim] Secretary General − Hydra, 1 April 1825. The newspaper editor of the Hon.[ourable] Administration Iosif N. Kiappe. 

32 x 21.7 cm.

Letter by Italian Philhellene Iosif Kiappe, publisher of the newspaper The Friend of the Law, to the General Secretary of the Executive Body, after the suggestion and incitement by Alexandros Mavrokordatos. The subject matter is the publication of a government gazette in Nafplio, with Kiappe as manager and Georgios Chrysidis as editor. Ultimately, this government gazette was published much later, in October 1825, under the title General Gazette of Greece, with Theoklitos Farmakidis as manager and editor.

Dimitrios Christidis Archive, A 4003/374

 

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The Friend of the Law, newspaper of the Administration and Hydra Island, issue 150. Hydra, 12 October 1825.

27.5 Χ 21 cm. – Hydra Printing House

Farmakidis Archive, Φρ. 36

 

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Letter by Greek Women to Philhellene Women, Composed by some of the greatest Greek Women.

Pamphlet, quarto (23 x 33 cm), 16 p. – Hydra Printing House

One of the three surviving copies of the work by Evanthia Kairi, who signed as “Α. Ν.”.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, ΙΣΤ-1422-W

 

1825: The Administration Printing House

After the printing house in Corinth was destroyed in 1822, the idea of the creation of a printing house exclusively for the government was only realized in mid-1825, despite repeated efforts. Initially, the printing house operated in Nafplio, where one of the lithographic presses sent by the Philhellenic Committee in London and delivered to the revolutionary government of Greece by Stanhope had been installed from July 1824. Later, two more complete printing presses arrived too, one of which was purchased from the Didot print shop and the other was also sent by the Philhellenic Committee in London.

In November 1826, the printing house was transferred to Aegina along with the Administrative Committee, which moved to be closer to the frontline of developments and to perform their duties more efficiently. The same happened in March 1827, with the move to Poros in view of the Third National Assembly in Troezen. The return to Nafplio took place a few months later, but it was not to last long. When the Treaty of London was signed on 24 June / 6 July 1827, the Governing Committee chose Aegina as the most appropriate seat and the printing house was transferred there accordingly. Yet, due to the lack of means of transportation, only half of the equipment of the printing house was moved to Aegina and the rest remained stored in Nafplio.

The first director and printer of the Administration Printing House, as it was named, was Pavlos Patrikios in early 1825. K. Tompras was hired by application as the typesetter and Theoklitos Farmakidis was appointed as the general manager of the printing and editor (Newspaper Editor of the Administration) of the government gazette to be published. On 7 October 1825 the first issue of Γενική Ἐφημερίς τῆς Ἑλλάδος [General Gazette of Greece], the first form of the Ἐφημερίς τῆς Κυβερνήσεως [Government Gazette] of the Greek State was published. Farmakidis resigned in 1827 and was replaced by Georgios Chrysidis.

The Administration Printing House published proclamations, decrees and other administrative single-page leaflets as well as books regarding political education and information, and topical political and literary texts.

 

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