Gustav Parthey
Gustav Friedrich Konstantin Parthey was a German philologist and art historian.
Life
Born in Berlin, Parthey was the son of, Geheimrat in the General Finance Directorate in Berlin, and Wilhelmine Nicolai, the eldest daughter of Friedrich Nicolai. His sister, the diarist Lili, married the composer Bernhard Klein.
Parthey graduated from the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin. Later, he studied philosophy and archaeology in Berlin and Heidelberg, where he graduated in 1820. In the following years, he traveled through France, England, Italy, Greece and the Orient. In 1824, he married Wilhelmine Mitterbacher from Karlovy Vary. From 1825, he lived again in Berlin. Due to the privileged position of his family, he never knew about material worries.
Parthey was in charge of the, and as a private scholar, he was engaged in art and cultural history studies. He published several works.
In 1857, he became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He died in Rome.
Publications
Alexander von Humboldt Vorlesungen über physikalische Geographie. Novmbr. 1827 bis April, 1828. Nachgeschrieben von G. Partheÿ., .De Philis insula commentatio Siciliae antiquae tabula Wanderungen durch Sicilien und die Levante, 2 vol. and picture boards Das alexandrinische Museum Vocabularium copticolatinum et lat-copt. Itinerarium Antonini Augusti Wenzel Hollar. Beschreibendes Verzeichniß seiner Kupferstiche and Kurzes Verzeichniß der Hollar'schen Kupferstiche Hermetis Trismegisti Poemander Die Bildersammlung in Rudolstadt Iamblichi demysteriis liber Ravennas und Guido Deutscher Bildersaal Eusebii Pamphili Onomasticon Hieroclis synecdemus P. Melas de chorographia libri tres Mirabilia Romae Dicuili liber de mensura orbis terrae Jugenderinnerungen. Handschrift für Freunde. 2 volumes, Berlin Schade 1871; reissued as Das Haus in der Brüderstraße: Aus dem Leben einer berühmten Berliner Familie published by Gabriele Koebel; Berlin: Verl. Das Neue Berlin 1957Ein verfehlter und ein gelungener Besuch bei Goethe Die Mitarbeiter an Friedrich Nicolai's Allgemeiner Deutscher Bibliothek nach ihren Namen und Zeichen in zwei Registern geordnet Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1973, Reprograph. Nachdr. d. Ausg. Berlin 1842.