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Best.-Nr. 0656342048.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1978Reprint of 1931 edition. ; The Garland Library of Latin Poetry; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 284 pages; "Epyllion" is the term coined by modern scholars for a relatively short poem on a mythological theme otherwise appropriate to longer epic. One of its recurrent characteristics is "ekphrasis", the telling of one myth encapsulated within the context of another, and the two thematically or symbolically linked to offer subtle comparison and contrast. The most persistent modes of "ekphrasis" are narrative by a character form, or the description of myth depicted on a work of art used in the context of the "outer" myth. The phenomenon has its origins in Homeric epic (the shield of Achilles) but was refined in the Hellenistic period by Callimachus and Theocritus, and taken up by the neoterics (Catullus 64). Its methods were absorbed back into long epic and form a dominant characteristic of Ovid's interweaving of myths in the "Metamorphoses". This book was originally published in 1931, and presents a chronological account of "epyllion" in English.
Best.-Nr. ria9781016205740_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Withi hardcover
1950In-8°, pp. XXVIII, 526, 7 (queste ultime inerenti al catalogo della Loeb Classical Library). Introduzione e note ai testi in lingua inglese. Testi in lingua greca con traduzione in lingua inglese. Tela editoriale con titolo in oro al dorso.
1969Remainder mark to bottom of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor shelfwear. DJ has chipping, foxing and small tears. DJ spine sunned. ; Xi, 351pp. ; 351 pages
1684Best.-Nr. 1018H30Oxford: L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens 1684 . First edition. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A very scarce first edition in English of Creech"s Theocritus with Rapin"s influential discourse on the pastoral tradition illustrated with an engraved pastoral frontispiece. In a contemporary calf binding rebacked with later calf. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Collated complete. First edition in English of Thomas Creech"s translation of Theocritus prefaced by his translation of René Rapin"s influential Discourse of Pastorals. Thomas Creech 1659-1700 was among the most active English classical translators of the Restoration period best remebered for his popular translation of Lucretius for which he received a Fellowship at Oxford. Theocritus the Sicilian Greek poet of the third century BCE is traditionally regarded as the founding figure of bucolic or pastoral poetry. These Idylls helped establish a literary tradition of the pastoral later developed by Virgil and generations of European writers. An interesting example of Restoration engagement with the Greek classics. In a contemporary calf binding rebacked with later calf. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rubbing to boards resulting in minor surface loss. One or two light scratch marks to calf. Hinges strained but holding. Front free endpaper almost fully detached holding at upper extremities only. Rear free endpaper partially detached to upper extremities with loss to lower corner. Rear pastedown lacking exposing the underlying board and calf to edges. Pages characteristically age toned more so to first and final leaves. Light tide marking and soiling with the odd handling mark to fore edge of first and final few leaves. Slight cockling to leaves. Good L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens hardcover
1767Best.-Nr. 1416455London UK: Printed for the Author by Dryden Leach 1767. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo lvi 288 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Half bound in contemporary black leather. Spine paneled with gilt stamping and lettering. Includes preface essay and one volume of Theocritus's works with continuous pagination but noncontinuous signature marks. Volume one has an individual title page. Holes from bookworms near tail of spine rear cover and last two pages including back free end-paper. General shelf wear. Rubbing to spine and boards. Tearing to bottom of front and rear boards. Fraying to edges of boards. Burn mark to bottom of textblock. Mild gutter damage to front and rear boards interior. Foxing and rubbing throughout textblock interior. Some small pencil markings throughout. Lacking final errata leaf. Contains a black and white frontispiece of Theocritus. NOTE: Shelved in Room X. ESTC: T138182. 1416455. Special Collections - Downstairs. Printed for the Author by Dryden Leach hardcover
1792Best.-Nr. 1026F45Bath: R. Cruttwell; T. Cadell C. Dilly et al 1792 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A bright example of Cornish clergyman poet and historian Richard Polwhele's translation of Theocritus's rustic poetry. Complete in two volumes bound in one this is a 'new edition corrected' of Richard Polwhele's English language translation of Theocritus's work. The 'Idyllia' by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus is a collection of short poems mostly set in the lush landscapes of Sicily and the Greek islands. The work is widely considered to be foundational to the pastoral poetry tradition which idealizes the rustic lives of shepherds herdsmen and country folk. Rebound with endpapers renewed. Library markings to front free endpaper with a Public Reference Library blind stamp to head of a number of leaves. The work influenced later classical poets such as Virgil. Rebound in cloth with endpapers renewed. Externally fine. Library markings to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with only the odd spot or light handling marks. Library blind stamps to the head of a number of leaves. Very Good R. Cruttwell; T. Cadell, C. Dilly et al hardcover
1786Best.-Nr. 068294Exeter England: R. Thorn . Rebound quarto--half leather with marbled boards-- in very good condition; mild shelf wear and rubbing short tear in leather at spine head former owner's name on new front end paper but the rest of the textblock is unmarked and in very good condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1786. R. Thorn hardcover
1792Best.-Nr. 330912Bath: R. Cruttwell 1792. hardcover. Translated from the Greek into English Verse by the Reverend Richard Polwhele. 2 volumes bound in one. viii 319 3; iv 226 1 pages. Thick 8vo attractively bound in 19th century 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; marbled page edges. Bath: R. Cruttwell 1792. A new edition corrected. A fine copy with very clean pages. R. Cruttwell unknown
Best.-Nr. 0428916600.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1334930236.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1713Best.-Nr. 4638London: Printed for E. Curll 1713. ii iv 60 105 3 4 ads frontispiece. Bound without the portrait of Creech found in some copies. Contemporary Cambridge-style panelled calf red morocco label. Lightly toned some soiling. Extremities rubbed a few scrapes joints cracking at head of spine. The first edition of Creech’s translation of Theocritus by the famously unscrupulous publisher Edmund Curll following its 1684 Oxford first appearance. Curll’s edition was reissued in 1721 with a cancel title-page suggesting that it did not sell as well as Curll may have hoped. The BL copy has two engraved portraits one of Creech and one of Theocritus but the copies in Leeds and Oxford appear to have only one so it may have been issued thus. ESTC T138189. Printed for E. Curll unknown
Best.-Nr. 21944Hardback. E. Curll London. 1713. Second edition. Translated by Mr. Creech. Includes The Life of Theocritus by Basil Kennet. Leather bound. Poor: Front cover and blank page detached but present; remainder of text block clean and tight. hardcover
1684Best.-Nr. 230510Oxford UK: Anthony Stephens. Good with no dust jacket. 1684. First Edition. Hardcover. Approx. 1/4" missing from the bottom spine end. Front detached; light wear extremities. ; First edition first issue. Bookplate of Dean Sage on the front endpaper. Another bookplate and a label on the front endpapers. ; Full leather covers. . Anthony Stephens hardcover
1792Best.-Nr. 330912Bath: R. Cruttwell 1792. hardcover. Translated from the Greek into English Verse by the Reverend Richard Polwhele. 2 volumes bound in one. viii 319 3; iv 226 1 pages. Thick 8vo attractively bound in 19th century 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; marbled page edges. Bath: R. Cruttwell 1792. A new edition corrected. A fine copy with very clean pages. R. Cruttwell unknown books
1767Best.-Nr. 1416455London UK: Printed for the Author by Dryden Leach 1767. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo lvi 288 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Half bound in contemporary black leather. Spine paneled with gilt stamping and lettering. Includes preface essay and one volume of Theocritus's works with continuous pagination but noncontinuous signature marks. Volume one has an individual title page. Holes from bookworms near tail of spine rear cover and last two pages including back free end-paper. General shelf wear. Rubbing to spine and boards. Tearing to bottom of front and rear boards. Fraying to edges of boards. Burn mark to bottom of textblock. Mild gutter damage to front and rear boards interior. Foxing and rubbing throughout textblock interior. Some small pencil markings throughout. Lacking final errata leaf. Contains a black and white frontispiece of Theocritus. NOTE: Shelved in Room X. ESTC: T138182. 1416455. Special Collections - Downstairs. Printed for the Author by Dryden Leach hardcover books
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1925Best.-Nr. 152730London: The Casanova Society 1925. First edition of Robert Calverley Trevelyan’s graceful verse translation of Theocritus the third-century BC Greek poet whose bucolic Idylls founded the entire pastoral tradition in Western literature. Octavo original quarter vellum over blue-green boards the spine lettered in gilt. One of only 750 numbered copies this is number 55. In very good condition. A handsome elegantly printed production. Theocritus c. 300-260 BC a Greek poet born in Syracuse is celebrated as the creator of pastoral poetry his Idylls conjuring an idealized world of shepherds singing contests and the Sicilian countryside that would inspire Virgil’s Eclogues and centuries of pastoral verse to follow. Robert Calverley Trevelyan 1872-1951 was an English poet and classical translator a member of the distinguished Trevelyan family and an intimate of Bertrand Russell E. M. Forster and the Bloomsbury circle. His verse renderings of Theocritus and Lucretius were admired for their fidelity and their quiet music. The Casanova Society hardcover
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