Shelfmark
Ic6.3.20 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ic8.4.35 (copy 2)
Title
Poetæ Græci: sive selecta ex Homeri Odyss. Hesiodo, Theocrito, Callimacho, Apollonio, Tyrtaeo, Sapphone, Erinna, Mimnermo, Solone, Simonide, Theognide, Euripide, Bacchylide, Callistrato, Bione, Moscho. Cum vulgatâ versione emendatâ, partim scholiastarum Græcorum, partim doctorum recentiorum, notis. In usum regiæ scholæ Etonensis.
Varying form of title
Poetae Graeci
Edition
Editio nova, recognita et aucta.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Etonæ : ex officinâ E. Williams (nuper Pote et Williams) : Apud quem veneunt etiam, No. 10, Red Lion Court, Fleet-Street, London., 1814.
Physical description
iv, [2], 265, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Note
"Homeri ... Tyrtaeo", "Sapphone ... Theognide" and "Euripide ... Moscho" printed as three columns on title page.
Note
Title, preliminaries and notes in Latin; texts in Greek only.
Note
Engraved armorial vignette (arms of Eton College?) on title page.
Provenance
Copy 2: Ownership stamp dated 1816 and inscriptions of John Bond. Some sections extensively annotated in ink with some pencil (chiefly translations of words into English or Latin), and numerous doodles in ink and pencil of birds and other subjects.
Binding
Copy 1: 19th century brown ?sheep binding; smooth spine; blind tooled ornament roll to form a frame; red sprinkled edges.
Binding
Copy 2: Contemporary 19th century marbled sheep binding; smooth spine ruled in gilt.
Subject
Greek poetry.
Added entry--name
Williams, Evan, active 1787 - 1828 printer.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Language code
gre lat
Identifier
B39386