Keimena Publications was founded in 1969 by Filippos Vlachos (1939-1989). It is one of the many important publishing houses that emerged during (and in opposition to) the dictatorship. Their first book, The Price and Money by Konstantinos Theotokis, was published in December 1969, and their last, The General Archivist by Ilias H. Papadimitrakopoulos, in November 1989 (a few months after the death of Filippos Vlachos in March of the same year). Keimena published a total of 150 book titles (plus 8 revised reissues), the magazine Syntechia (two issues, the second of which was a triple issue), and the first six issues of the archaeology magazine Horos.

The printing press of the Texts, cases, lecterns, and thousands of items have been preserved thanks to the passion of the late Nikos Giannadakis, at the Vikelaia Library in Heraklion, Crete, and are housed in the Chronakis House. I would add that the Texts have the rare fortune, in Greek publishing, to have had an excellent book published about their history: Texts 1969-1989. A Moment in Typography, March 2002, with texts by Georgia Papageorgiou and Claire Mitsotaki, and photographs by Angelos Michas.

Thanks to a donation from Fivos Vlachos, the NLG collections have been enriched with 18 editions of the Keimena Publications(16 books plus the two issues of the Syntechnia), available here.

For the total material regarding Keimena Publications that NLG owns, you may see here.