Shelfmark
Km.4.07
Title
Imitations and translations from the ancient and modern classics : together with original poems never before published / collected by J. C. Hobhouse, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1809.
Physical description
xvi, 256p ; 22cm.
Note
Nine poems by Lord Byron (signed L.B.).
Note
Includes imitations of Juvenal and Horace, with the original Latin ; translations from Horace, Ovid, Tibullus, Voltaire, etc.
Note
Watermarked paper: "1809".
Note
Ms. bookseller's codes in pencil.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe.
Provenance
Ms. letter tipped-in (dated 1857-12-10) to Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton from John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton about the contributors to this book.
Provenance
Bookseller's ticket (J. C. Hotten, London).
Binding
19th century burgundy calf half-binding, with marbled paper boards, blind and gilt tooling, and gilt lettering on black leather label on spine.
Subject
Classical literature.
Added entry--name
Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crew-Milnes, 1858 - 1945 Marquess of, former owner.
Added entry--name
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1809 - 1885 Baron, former owner.
Added entry--name
Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, 1786 - 1869 Baron, comp.
Added entry--name
Hotten, John Camden, 1832 - 1873 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng fre grc lat
Identifier
B26083