In this paper, our aim is to examine the subject of publications of Greek scientific textbooks during the 18th century and the two pre-revolutionary decades of the 19th century.

The initial movements of Greek scholars in Venice began mainly after the fall of Constantinople. Very soon the Greek community of Venice came to be the most numerous and most significant community of Venice.

The blooming of printing and the spread of Greek studies had made Venice the pioneer of the cultivation of humanities since the end of the 15th century. The Greeks, Nicolaos Vlastos and Zaxarias Kallergis had established a printing office in Venice since 1499.

During the 18th century and till the beginning of the Greek Revolution several scientific publications saw the light of day. More specifically, eleven mathematical textbooks and fifteen on the field of natural sciences were published. These publications took place at the printing offices of Nicolaos Glykis, Panos Theodosiou and Antonio Vortoli .

Leibzig, Paris, London, Pesti, Livorno, Halle, Iena, Bucarest, Trieste, Padoua, Corfu, Constantinople and Bologna are cities where, during the 18th century, some publications of scientific textbooks took place as well. .

Last but not least is Vienna which was the most important centre of concentration and development of the Greeks of Diaspora, mainly during the last decades of the 18th century.

In the Austro-Hungarian empire, the Greek community played an important role in scientific as well as in social life. Many scientific books and journals were published in Vienna., which became a scientific publishing centre for the Greek nation.

Twenty three mathematical textbooks and thirty two on natural sciences were published from 1891 till 1820. Most of them, but not all, are translations or compilations of European textbooks..

Georgios Vendotis, Demetrios Alexandrides, Brothers Markides Pouliou were considerable publishers in Vienna.

In this paper we shall examine not only where these publications took place, but also under which circumstances and what was their contribution to the improvement of the educational level of the new Hellenism. Apart from the publishers, several scholars, authors or editors were the main contributors to the whole enterprise. They knew that through these publications, the transmission of knowledge, in the form of compilations or translations from Europe, could reform the intellectual climate that had held sway over the enslaved Greek nation for centuries. They also believed that education was the strongest means of forming national conscience, and therefore the best motivating force for people who tried to gain their political and cultural freedom