Author: E. W. A. Hay
Title: A Letter to the Committee of the Essex and Colchester General Hospital Upon the Recent
Description: London, Swinborne and Walter; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated letter from Edward Hay following the discovery of a Roman Theban Sphinx statue at a hospital in Essex. A very scarce work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with a frontispiece, two plates, and in-text illustrations.An account of a fascinating event in which a statue of a Theban Sphinx was discovered at the General Hospital of Essex and Colchester.The discovery was made in 1821, during ground works following the construction of the hospital. The statue of the mythical creature gathered a lot of attention and wonder.In this letter, Edward William Auriol Drummond Hay addresses the committee of the hospital, after he was present at the discovery.One of the plate has been bound in from another work. Rebound in a full cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with a few odd spots. Faint tidemark to the frontispiece. Last couple of leaves are a little edgworn, repaired. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: A Letter to the Committee of the Essex and Colchester General Hospital Upon the Recent general hospital edward william hay theban sphinx general hospital statue roman Not Stated


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