A Comparative Estimate of Sculpture and Painting

Rev Henry Hart Milman

Published by Oxford, 1816

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Oxford, an extremely scarce copy of the paperback first edition of Henry Hart Milman s A Comparative Estimate of Sculpture and Painting . In original and contemporary condition with the (now torn and damaged) paper covers, and 27 pages held together with string. Front and rear cover detached, damaged and sustaining some loss. Internally intact with creases and folds but in its original condition From Wikipedia The Very Reverend Henry Hart Milman (10 February 1791 24 September 1868) was an English historian and ecclesiastic. He was born in London, the third son of Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet, physician to King George III (see Milman Baronets). Educated at Eton and at Brasenose College, Oxford, his university career was brilliant. He won the Newdigate prize with a poem on the Apollo Belvidere in 1812, was elected a fellow of Brasenose in 1814, and in 1816 won the English essay prize with his Comparative Estimate of Sculpture and Painting. In 1816 he was ordained, and two years later became parish priest of St Mary's, Reading. In 1821 Milman was elected professor of poetry at Oxford; and in 1827 he delivered the Bampton lectures on The character and conduct of the Apostles considered as an evidence of Christianity. In 1835, Sir Robert Peel made him Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, and Canon of Westminster, and in 1849 he became Dean of St Paul's. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1864. Milman's original tomb in St. Paul's Cathedral Milman was buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, where his grave was marked by an elaborate tomb. When the Chapel of the Order of the British Empire was created, the original tomb was replaced by a slab in the floor. Condition Report Externally See above and photos. Internally See above and photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1816 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1516214090400

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Comparative Estimate of Sculpture and ...

Publisher: Oxford

Publication Date: 1816

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition