Reflections Concerning the Imitation of the Grecian Artists in Painting and Sculpture. In a Series of Letters. By the Abbe Winkelman

Glasgow:: Printed for Robert Urie,, 1766. Book. 12mo, contemp. calf. Pp. 158 + pub. ad leaf. Front cover detached; a very good, clean copy. First edition of the this translation of a highly influential manifesto of neo-classicism. Winkelmann (1717-1768) was a librarian, Greek historian and a founder of scientific archaeology., whose studies in the ancient culture of Greece (as well as his homosexuality) inspired an aesthetic expounded upon in this and other widely circulated works. Henry Fuseli had translated the work the year before, but the translator of the present edition remains anonymous..