Shelfmark
Cb.2.2.17 - Cb.2.2.18 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gp.6.05 - Gp.6.06 (Copy 2)
Author
Collective uniform title
Selections
Title
Pentalogia, sive tragoediarum Græcarum delectus : cum adnotatione Johannis Burton. Tom. I [- II].
Varying form of title
Phoenissae
Varying form of title
Septem contra Thebas
Varying form of title
Spine title: Burton's pentalogia
Edition
Editio altera. Cui observationes, indicemque Græcum longe auctiorem et emendatiorem, adjecit Thomas Burgess.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxonii : E typographeo Clarendoniano apud J. & J. Fletcher, M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]
Physical description
2 v. ; 21 cm. (8vo.)
Note
"Observationes" have separate pagination and title-page, dated 1778.
Note
Contains selections from Sophocles, Euripides's "Phoenician women" and Aeschylus's "Seven against Thebes".
Note
Includes half-title.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T149953
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 6334, no. 17).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Copy 1: Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
Copy 2: Label recording Dolignon bequest; 17 volumes once belonging to John William Dolignon, Eton XI 1832, and given to the library by his descendants. "J. Dolignon" written on front flyleaf.
Binding
Copy 1: 18th century red, gold-tooled morocco.
Binding
Copy 2: 18th century brown reversed calf; five raised bands; red spine label; spine title: "Burton's pentalogia".
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Interleaved.
Subject
Greek drama (Tragedy) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Mythology, Greek Drama Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Euripides. Phoenician women.
Added entry--name
Aeschylus. Seven against Thebes.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--name
Dolignon, John William former owner.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B9481