Dædalus; Or, The Causes And Principles Of The Excellence Of Greek Sculpture. By Edward Falkener, Member Of The Academy Of Bologna, And Of The Archæological Institutes Of Rome And Berlin.
[ii-]xxiii, [1], 322, [4] p., [15] pl. (incl. frontis.): illus.; 243 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[Half-t., frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Contents - List Of Illustrations - Preface - Introduction [with 1 pl.] - [Text and plates] - Appendix [with two pl.]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
Plate [1] (frontispiece) is signed as 'from a drawing by E.F.' Plate [4] is signed as chromolithographed by M. & N. Hanhart. Plates [5-7, 12, 14, 15] are signed as lithographed by Day & Son. The photographs are unsigned.
The printer is named on the verso of the title page: 'London: Printed By Cox And Wyman, Great Queen Street, Lincoln;s-Inn Fields.'
The work is dedicated by the Author to the Prussian and Bavarian people.
Summary Note
The Appendix includes a 'List Of Works Relating To Sculpture And Its Connection With The Other Fine Arts.'
Plate [1] (frontispiece) is a photograph of a drawing showing 'Restoration Of The Parthenon At Athens, Shewing The Chryselephantine Statue ...'. Plates [2, 3, 8-11, 13] are photographs of celebrated ancient sculptures. Plate [4] is a chromolithograph of a mosaic of 'Hope'. Plates [5- 7, 12] are lithographs of statues. Plates [14, 15] are lithographed drawings of 'Antiquity Of The Arch In Egypt'.
Provenance
The half-title is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Library of The Royal Academy by the Author.' For acknowledgement of this gift see RA Council Minutes, XI, 385.
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, upper and lower covers decorated in gilt with medallions centre and lettered 'Sine Pennis Volare Haud Facile Est.'; gilt-decorated spine lettered 'Dædalus. Falkener.' The rear pastedown carries the printed ticket of the binders, 'Bound By Hanbury & Co. Binders, 80, Coleman St. E.C.'
Subject
Sculpture, Greek - Statues - Greece - History
Art history - Art criticism - Treatises - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Chromolithographs - Color printing - Photographs - Photomechanical prints - Great Britain - 19th century