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Lectures on sculpture / by John Flaxman, as delivered by him before the president and members of the Royal Academy ; with a brief memoir of the author.

Accession number
PML 130401
Creator
Flaxman, John, 1755-1826.
Published
London : John Murray..., 1829.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
1st ed.
"Printed by C. Roworth ..."--Colophon.
Frontispiece lithographed by Richard Lane after a self-portrait medallion by Flaxman executed in Rome.
Plates lithographed by various artists after Flaxman's drawings; printed by C. Hullmandel.
Laid in: leaf of notes in the hand of William Hazlitt (1811-1893), son of the writer, regarding articles to be collected; also printed leaf "Table of size" showing weights of celebrated statues by W.B. Brent.
Library's copy lacks plates 18, 20, 21, 22. NPM
Description
xxvii, [1], 243, [1] p., [1], 52 leaves of plates : ill. (lithographs) ; 25 cm
Provenance
William Hazlitt, with his manuscript notes; W.C. Hazlitt (his grandson), with note on endpaper; Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary 3/4 brown morocco, gold-tooled spine, marbled boards.
Classification
Department