Shelfmark
Idd1.5.04(03)
Author
Uniform title
[Birds. English]
Title
The Birds.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Malta : Printed at the Government Press, 1939]
Physical description
i-iv, 5-103, [1] p. ; 25 cm.
Language
Translated by John Hookham Frere.
Note
Imprint information from colophon of Frogs.
Note
Layout in two columns, enclosed by black lined tables: one for verse references and one for the main text.
Note
Errata for the first three plays listed at the end of Birds.
With note
Printed privately with The Acharnians, The Knights, and The Frogs.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown. Ms. note above reads: "Bought 1896".
Copy-specific note
Stamp on front pastedown: "F. Cupiss, printer and bookbinder, DISS."
Copy-specific note
Bound with: Frere's translations of the psalms and of Theognis.
Subject
Greek drama (Comedy) Translations into English.
Genre/Form
Comedy plays.
Added entry--name
Frere, John Hookham, 1769 - 1846 translator.
Added entry--place
Malta.
Language code
eng grc
Identifier
B52171