ANCIENT MARBLES IN GREAT BRITAIN Described by ADOLF MICHAELIS, Translated by C. A. M. FENNELL, Edited for the syndics of the University Press, Cambridge, 1882, First Edition.
Description and Condition: Good. Edgewear. Side and bottom edges deckled and age toned. (see photos and zoom and video)
Pages: 834 plus 1 advertising. Includes brochure "Stones of Stumbling" by Lioneel A. Tollemache.
Size: 7.5" x 11"
Weight: 5 lb 2 ozs
Ancient Marbles in Great Britain is a seminal archaeological and historical work written by German classical scholar Adolf Michaelis and published in 1882. Translated from German into English by classicist Charles Augustus Maude Fennell, the volume remains a fundamental reference for the history of collecting, archaeology, and classical sculpture provenance. The book provides a comprehensive survey and detailed descriptive catalogue of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures held in the United Kingdom. It is particularly famous for documenting the vast antiquities found in British private collections and stately country homes during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Michaelis traces the "Golden Age of Classic Dilettantism," examining how wealthy British aristocrats on the Grand Tour purchased and imported monumental classical marbles from Italy and Greece to decorate their estates. The work meticulously details prominent historical collections across England, including those housed at Wilton House, Ince Blundell Hall, Lansdowne House, Blenheim Palace, and Newby Hall, as well as prominent institutional holdings like those at Oxford and Cambridge. Aside from private country estate holdings, Michaelis analyzes major public treasures, offering deep archaeological and stylistic commentary on masterpieces like the Parthenon sculptures (Elgin Marbles), the remnants of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and reliefs from the Temple of Apollo at Bassae. (Google asnd Cambridge Press) I HAVE LOTS OF BOOKS TO LIST AND I HOPE THE VIDEO WILL GIVE A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE CONDITION OF THE BOOK.
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