Shelfmark
Icc6.2.27
Author
Title
Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for William Miller, Albemarle Street, by James Moyes, Greville Street, Hatton Garden., 1811..
Physical description
[2], 77, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. (8vo)
Note
With two illustration of sculptures and a plate of the bas-relief to accompany Millin's text.
Note
Anonymous. By William Richard Hamilton.
Note
Also contains Appendices A-C comprising (A). "Appendix [A]. Benjamin West, Esq. to the Earl of Elgin." (caption title; pp.47-56) (B). "Appendix [B]. Notes on Phidias and his school: collected from ancient authors." (caption title; pp. 57-71) (C). "Appendix [C]. Description d'un bas-relief du Parthénon, actuellement au Musée Napoléon. Par A. L. Millin ... ." (caption title; pp. 72-77). The last of these sections is in French; rest of text in English with quotations and examples in Latin and Greek.
Note
Signatures: [A]² B-E⁸ F² G².
Note
Includes bibliographical footnotes.
Note
Printer's information in colophon at foot of unnumbered leaf G2v: "J. Moyes, printer, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London."
Provenance
Manuscript inscription on upper flyleaf recto: "A present from Lord Elgin in May 1811" [not in Elgin's hand].
Provenance
Bookseller's printed catalogue description, loosely inserted; bookseller's code and price in pencil on upper pastedown.
Provenance
Ex libris William St. Clair; his inscription on upper flyleaf recto: "William St. Clair (Oxford 1967) / Presentation copy but not in Lord Elgin's hand / Probably the first book in Greece which I bought."
Binding
Contemporary paper covers over boards; upper cover with printed title label ("Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece"). Endpapers watermarked 1810.
Copy-specific note
Occasional manuscript annotations and underlinings, possibly in St. Clair's hand, throughout the text.
Subject
Subject
Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 1766 - 1841 Earl of,
Subject
Subject
Elgin marbles.
Subject
Sculpture, Greek.
Subject
Inscriptions, Greek.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Millin, A. L. (Aubin Louis), 1759 - 1818 (Aubin Louis),
Added entry--name
Miller, William, 1769 - 1844 publisher.
Added entry--name
Moyes, James, ? - d. 1838 printer.
Added entry--name
St. Clair, William former owner.
Added entry--name
Moses, Henry, 1782? - 1870 engraver.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng fre lat grc
Identifier
B50890