Author
Aeschylus
Uniform title
Works. 1782
Title
Aeschyli tragoediae quae supersunt ac deperditarum fragmenta. / Recensuit varietate lectionis et commentario perpetuo illustravit scholia Graeca apparatum historicum et lexicon Aeschyleum adiecit Christianus Godofr. Schütz. ...
Varying form of title
Aeschyli tragoediae qvae svpersvnt ac deperditarvm fragmenta
Imprint
Halae Saxonum : Impensis Ioannis Iacobi Gebaueri, MDCCLXXXII[-MDCCXCIIII]. [1782-1794]
Physical description
3 v. ; 21 cm (8vo)
Note
Vol. 2 printed 1784; vol. 3: 1794.
Note
Pagination: Vol. 1: XX, [2], 176, 412, [4] p. -- Vol. 2: [6], 192, 312, [2] p. -- Vol. 3: [2], 194, [2], VI, 378 p.
Note
The commentary in each volume has separate pagination, and a divisional title-page.
Language
Greek text with introduction, commentary and notes in Latin.
Provenance
Bookplate of Henry Parr Hamilton (1794-1880), with inscription “Henry Parr Hamilton, F.R.S. Dean of Salisbury”, pasted over another bookplate.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Provenance
Armorial crest in gilt at head of spine (a mailed arm holding a sword, with motto "For my duchus"), possibly that of John Peter Grant (1774-1848).
Binding
19th-century tan calf over paper boards; spine with four raised bands and gilt tooling; blind roll around board edges; text block edges stained red; title, author, date, and volume number in gilt on spine.
Subject
Greek drama (Tragedy) Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Schütz, Christian Gottfried, 1747-1832 editor.
Added entry--name
Gebauer, Johann Jacob, 1745-1818 publisher.
Added entry--name
Hamilton, Henry Parr, 1794-1880 former owner.
Added entry--name
Grant, John Peter, 1774-1848
Added entry--place
Germany Halle.
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