Author
Theocritus
Uniform title
Works. Latin & Greek
Title
Theokritou ta heuriskomena, = Theocriti quæ extant: cum Græcis scholiis.
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Theocriti quæ extant
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Theocriti quae extant
Imprint
Londini: : Typis T. Wood, impensis Gulielmi Innys, in area occidentali D. Pauli., MDCCXLIII. [1743]
Physical description
vi, [2], 295, [33] p. ; 19 cm (8vo)
Note
The first three words of the title are transliterated from Greek characters.
Note
Signatures: a⁴ A-2S⁴.
Note
Includes indexes.
Note
Title-page vignette: three ostrich feathers with motto "Ich dien" (i.e. the Prince of Wales).
Citation/references note
ESTC, T138186
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 2638, no. 02).
Language
Ancient Greek text with Latin translation.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Reverend Herbert Hawes, with address “Rollestone Street, Salisbury.” pasted over another bookplate (appears to be the earlier bookplate of Herbert Hawes).
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Provenance
Annotations in ink on upper pastedown (largely obscured by bookplate), title page, and first few pages of text, including "Thomas Earle".
Binding
18th-century mottled brown calf over boards; blind fillets and rolls forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with blind stamps at inner corners; spine with five raised bands (two may be false) and gilt fillets; spine label with "Theocritu"; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges stained red.
Subject
Pastoral poetry, Greek Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Wood, Thomas, active 1708-1748 printer.
Added entry--name
Innys, William, -1756 publisher.
Added entry--name
Hawes, Herbert, -1837 former owner.
Added entry--name
Earle, Thomas, active 18th-century? former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
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