Vol I (all published) illustrated with Forty Plates drawn and etched by the author. London. Ogles, Duncan & Cochran. 1817. pp. xvi, 264, (ii). 40 plates. 8vo. Green blind stamped cloth, spine slightly faded. Without the rear free endpaper. The Work consists of Preface; The History of Athens from the fabulous Ages to the Death of Pericles; Athenian Biography to the end of the Fifth Century before the Christian Era; The City; Acropolis; The Elgin Marbles - Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptures Marbles; Catalogue of the Elgin Marbles, Vases, Casts and Drawings according to the MS of M. Visconti; Sculptures of the Parthenon; the Plates. Burrow's book was designed to legitimise England's ownership of the Marbles by educating the British Public, using the argument of rescue and preservation and by including the Select Committee Report saying the Lord Elgin had done nothing wrong in removing them from Greece..

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