Details
LAWRENCE, Richard. Elgin Marbles, from the Parthenon at Athens, London: printed by Thomas Davison for the author, 1818. Oblong 2° (330 x 400mm.). 50 engraved plates by Richard Lawrence. (Plate 41 lightly browned, occasional light spotting and thumbmarks). Original boards, upper cover with paper label. (Spine split with loss, dampstained).
FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 967; Brunet III, 891. "This is one of the earliest publications to include detailed illustrations of the Elgin Marbles, removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin, then ambassador at Constantinople, in 1801 and purchased by the British Government in 1816. Richard Lawrence was a veterinary surgeon by profession but spent three years studying the relics which he considered had been given an indifferent reception by connoisseurs and artists 'of considerable celebrity.'" (Blackmer)
FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 967; Brunet III, 891. "This is one of the earliest publications to include detailed illustrations of the Elgin Marbles, removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin, then ambassador at Constantinople, in 1801 and purchased by the British Government in 1816. Richard Lawrence was a veterinary surgeon by profession but spent three years studying the relics which he considered had been given an indifferent reception by connoisseurs and artists 'of considerable celebrity.'" (Blackmer)