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Plates from "Antiquities of Athens" & Select Committee Report on the Elgin Marbles, 1816

The Elgin marbles from the Temple of Minerva at Athens : on sixty-one plates, selected from "Stuart's and Revett's Antiquities of Athens" : to which are added, The Report from the Select Committee to the House of Commons respecting the Earl of Elgin's collection of sculptured marbles, and an historical account of the temple

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