Benjamin Robert Haydon and the Critical Reception of the Elgin Marbles, PhD dissertation, Frederick Cummings, Chicago, 1967

Benjamin Robert Haydon and the Critical Reception of the Elgin Marbles; A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Humanities in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Art. By Frederick Cummings, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1967. Volume 1 (of 2).

Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. His signature, to first pastedown, along with a personal note about the author of the thesis. Please see our other listings for related works.

As a thesis, clearly privately produced in an extremely small quantity, a first edition, 1967. Volume I only. 

A maroon cloth hardback in very good condition. Gilt titles to spine. Minor bumping and rubbing. Text is clean and soundly bound. Small New York bookseller's sticker to inside rear cover.

xxi + 304pp.

Text in English.

Weight approximately 1320g (unpacked).

Dimensions: Approximately 284mm high x 220mm wide x 32mm deep.