Original sentence: And like many collectors of his generation, he coveted Italian maiolica of the 15th and 16th centuries.He also collected Italian paintings, forming a notable collection of the so-called "primitives" of the 14th and 15th centuries.Thanks to his mature experience in the archaeological field— which in the mid-19th century was still a treasure hunt for works of art and curiosities, even in the hands of a sophisticated amateur— Campana was responsible for the discovery of the columbarium of Pomponius Hylas and two other columbarii near the tomb of the Scipios, of which he directed the publication, as well as publishing his own collection of the terracotta relief plaques of the Republican era that bear his name still
Edited sentence: And like many collectors of his generation, he coveted Italian maiolica of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.He also collected Italian paintings, forming a notable collection of the so-called "primitives" of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.His spectacular disgrace adds a piquant note to his biography.Thanks to his mature experience in the archaeological field— which in the mid-nineteenth century was still a treasure hunt for works of art and curiosities, even in the hands of a sophisticated amateur— Campana was responsible for the discovery of the columbarium of Pomponius Hylas and two other columbarii near the tomb of the Scipios, of which he directed the publication, as well as publishing his own collection of the terracotta relief plaques of the Republican era that bear his name still