Excerpt from A Letter From the Chevalier Antonio Canova, and Two Memoirs Read to the Royal Institute of France: On the Sculptures in the Collection of the Earl of Elgin<br><br>Statues and F ragments from the western pediment. 7. Part of the Chest and Shoulders of the colossal figure in the centre (supposed to be Neptune.) 22 8. Fragment of the colossal figure of Minerva. 24 9. Fragment of a Head (supposed to belong to the preceding.) 10. Fragment of a statue of Victory. 11. Statue of a river-god called Ilissus.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.