A Letter From The Chevalier Antonio Canova : And Two Memoirs Read To The Royal Institute Of France On The sculptures In The Collection Of The Earl of Elgin / by the Chevalier E.Q. Visconti, Member Of The Class Of The Fine Arts, And Of The Class Of History And Ancient Literature; Author Of The Iconographie Grecque, And Of The Museo Pio-Clementino. Translated from the French and Italian.

Main entry:

Visconti, Ennio Quirino, 1751-1818.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London : Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street, by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, 1816.

Description:

xxii,[2],221p ; 23 cm. (4to)

Notes:
"Methodical catalogue of the Greek inscriptions of the collection of the Earl of Elgin:" (p143-176).
Half title p[xxiii] reads; "Memoir On The Sculptures Which Belonged To The Parthenon And To Some Other Edifices Of The Acropolis At Athens. Read At A Public Meeting Of The Two Classes Of The Royal Institute Of France, In The Year 1815".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalogue of the Elgin marbles, vases, casts and drawings : prepared from the MS. of M. Visconti -- Letter from the Chevalier Canova to the Earl of Elgin -- Memoir on the sculptures which belonged to the Parthenon and to some other edifices of the Acropolis at Athens -- Methodical catalogue of the Greek inscriptions of the collection of the Earl of Elgin -- Memoir on a Greek epigram which served for an epitaph on the tomb of the Athenian warriors killed at Potidaea.
English text with some passages in Ancient Greek.

Subject:

Parthenon sculptures.
Inscriptions, Greek.
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Sculpture, Greek.
Sculptures du Parthénon.
Inscriptions grecques.
Sculpture grecque.
Elgin marbles

Added entries:

Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822.
Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841.
Institut royal de France.
John Murray (Firm), publisher.
W. Bulmer and Co., printer.
Catalogue Of The Elgin Marbles, Vases, Casts, And Drawings.
Memoir On The Sculptures Which Belonged To The Parthenon And To Some Other Edifices Of The Acropolis At Athens.

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Location: Library main 7287
Call No.: 0000377 W9630; ID:87-B12942
Status: Available

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