Shelfmark
CS.1437.10
Author
Uniform title
[Works. Selections. 1822]
Title
Euripidou Hekabē, Orestēs, Phoinissai, kai Mēdeia : quatuor [sic] ex Euripidis tragoediis, ad fidem manuscriptorum emendatae, et notis instructae / edidit Ricardus Porson.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Hekabē
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Orestēs
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Phoinissai
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Mēdeia
Edition
Editio correctior, cui tres indices accedunt.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : Impensis G. et W. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria Lane, 1817-1820.
Physical description
1 v. (various pagings) ; 22 cm.
Language
Texts in Greek, with introduction and notes in Latin.
Note
Four parts, each with a separate title page, pagination and imprint information.
Note
Pagination: part 1: lxii, [2], 78, [2]; part 2: 96 p.; part 3: 97 p.; part 4: , 92, 26 p.
Note
Includes "Tres Indices" on 26 p. at end of part 4.
Note
Publisher on parts 2 to 4: "Londini: Impensis G. Wilkie, 57, Paternoster-Row".
Note
Publication dates: part 1: 1818; part 2: 1820; part 3: 1820; part 4: 1817.
Note
"Londini: excudit T. Davison, Whitefriars"--Colophon part 4.
Note
First six words of the title transliterated from the Greek.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink, on the verso of the front flyleaf, reading: "Charles [May?] 1834 St John's Col. Cambridge".
Provenance
Printed octagonal bookseller's label pasted on the back pastedown, reading: "J. R. HOGG. Book Seller. MADRAS. Books bought, sold & exchanged. Prints Stationery. Maps & Charts sold. Visiting Cards neatly Engraved & printed and Books neatly bound."
Provenance
Blue ink stamp on the colophon of part 4 reading: "Bethnal Green. Free library. London, E."
Provenance
Ms. inscriptions in pencil on the front flyleaf verso; and a ms. text in Greek in black ink on the second front flyleaf.
Provenance
Booklabel of Eton College Library with red initials on the front pastedown.
Binding
19th-century panelled brown binging; two gilt fillets and a blind roll forming a perimeter frame on covers; five raised bands; gilt titling and decoration on the spine; marbled endpapers.
Subject
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Added entry--name
Porson, Richard, 1759 - 1808 editor.
Added entry--name
Euripides Hecuba.
Added entry--name
Euripides Orestes.
Added entry--name
Euripides Phoenician women.
Added entry--name
Euripides Medea.
Added entry--name
G. and W. B. Whittaker publisher.
Added entry--name
Wilkie, George, fl. 1780 - 1823 publisher.
Added entry--name
Davison, Thomas, 1765? - 1830 printer.
Added entry--name
Bethnal Green Library bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hogg, J. R. bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
grc lat
Identifier
B54086