Elgin Marbles - Lawrence, Richard
Elgin Marbles, from the Parthenon at Athens
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
£525
Description
exemplified by Fifty Etchings, selected from the most beautiful and least mutilated specimens in that collection. London: sold by the author, [&c.], 1818. First edition, oblong folio, 49 (of 50) etched plates, lacks plate 47, 19th century red half morocco, rubbed and scraped, front endpapers creased and slightly frayed
Footnote
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair