MARC Record view

001 $ 07/4622
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20190618141312.8
035 # # $z 5176
041 0 # $a fre
044 # # $a it
100 1 # $a Quatremere de Quincy
245 1 0 $a Lettres Écrites De Londres A Rome, Et Addressées A M. Canova; Sur Les Marbres d'Elgin, ou les Sculptures du temple de Minerve à Athenes: Par M. Quatremère De Quincy. -
260 # # $a A Rome. $b $c 1818.
300 # # $a 160 p.; $c 220 mm. (Octavo.)
505 0 # $a [Half-t.] - Note De L'Éditeur - [T.p.] - [Text].
508 # # $a Publisher and printer are not named.
510 0 # $a M. Pavan, 'A. Canova et la discussion sugli Elgin Marbles', in Riv. Inst. N. Archeol. & A., 21-22 (1974-5), p.219-344. On the impact of the Parthenon sculptures in the early 19th century see the bibliographic note on R. Lawrence, Elgin Marbles (1818).
520 2 # $a The text consists of seven letters, written between 6 and 16 June 1818.
561 # # $a The verso of the front loose endpaper is inscribed in pencil, 'S.A.H.', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. Purchased for RA Library in 1878 (see RA Annual Report for 1878, p. 51).
562 # # $a The verso of the title-page is stamped 'Duplicate 1837'.
563 # # $a 19th-century mottled calf, upper and lower covers having gilt ruled borders and gilt-stamped centre 'WR IIII' within crown and collar lettered 'Honi soit mal y pense'; rebacked in 1989, spine lettered 'Lettres À Canova - Q. De Quincy'.
600 0 4 $a Phidias
600 1 4 $a Canova
600 1 4 $a Elgin
653 # # $a Sculpture, Greek - Greece - Athens - Parthenon - History - 5th century B.C.
653 # # $a Sculpture, Greek - Collections - Great Britain - London - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Art criticism - Art history - Great Britain - France - Italy - 19th century
700 0 # $a William IV $e previous owner?