THEOCRITUS & MOSCHUS & BION & MARTINBiblio.com
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1760réf. 239329London 1760. hardcover. fine. viii 493 3 pages with parallel Greek and Latin texts. Imperial 8vo a beautiful binding in choice state attributed to Staggemeier. Full navy blue straight-grained morocco gilt broad roll border on sides in gilt and blind with gilt inner cornerpieces; ornate spine tooled in gilt and blind in compartments with double bands; edges marbled and gilt. London: Impensis Editoris. Prostant venalia apud C. Hitch & L. Hawkes D. Prince and E. Easton 1760. A superb copy of this scarce large paper edition. From the library of William Beckford of Fonthill Lot 2533 in Part III of the Beckford sale July 1883. Later in the collections of Sir Edward Sullivan Jean Gennadius & Henry Clements. OCLC lists 23 copies including those at Columbia Yale Harvard & Cambridge. unknown
réf. 1148000518.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1120029384.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1166311546.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1928réf. 563158New York: Museum Press 1928. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition thus with watercolor illustration by Bryson Burroughs. Printed by Bruce Rogers. Original blue wrappers printed label on front. One of 375 copies. Very small chips on edges spine a touch faded else near fine. (Museum Press) unknown books
1955Slight tear to top of spine cover. Wraps are slightly browned. Light tanning to pages. ; University of California Publications in Classical Philology Volume 15, No. 2, Pp. 29-94; 65 pages
réf. 1143435931.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1978"The recent surge of interest in ancient pastoral poetry has prompted this first modern English translation of the Idylls of Theocritus, founder of the pastoral genre. Rist's translation captures fully the dignity of Theocritus' hexameters, and her individual prefaces to the Idylls contribute to modern interpretation and are perceptive regarding character analysis, comparisons with other poets" Clean crisp copy with autographed note by the editor- in Latin- on ffep. 264p. bibliography, index. DJ has a tiny tear and a slight stain on the front., else fine Book
1978réf. 89506Chapel Hill:: University of North Carolina Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0807813176 . Translated from the Greek with introductions by Anna Rist. First edition thus. Review copy with slip laid in. Light foxing on top edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . University of North Carolina Press, hardcover books
1978réf. 041526Chapel Hill NC: University of North Carolina 1978 Book. Illus. by Translated with introductions by Anna Rist. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Translator. First Edition. "The recent surge of interest in ancient pastoral poetry has prompted this first modern English translation of the Idylls of Theocritus founder of the pastoral genre. Rist's translation captures fully the dignity of Theocritus' hexameters and her individual prefaces to the Idylls contribute to modern interpretation and are perceptive regarding character analysis comparisons with other poets" Clean crisp copy with autographed note by the editor- in Latin- on ffep. 264p. bibliography index. DJ has a tiny tear and a slight stain on the front. else fine. University of North Carolina hardcover
1978réf. 89506Chapel Hill:: University of North Carolina Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0807813176 . Translated from the Greek with introductions by Anna Rist. First edition thus. Review copy with slip laid in. Light foxing on top edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . University of North Carolina Press, hardcover
1922réf. 14015London Liverpool & Boston: Medici Society 1922. Edition limited to 512 copies this copy #294 of 500 on Riccardi hand-made paper; 2 vols. 4to 20 mounted color plates by Flint sensuously rendering the works of these late Greek poets; fine set in the orig. printed dust-jackets which are faded at the extremities. Medici Society unknown books
réf. 51-6830London:The Medici Society Ltd. 1922. 2 volumes. 36 92 4 pp & x 28 4 pp. 20 mounted color plates by W. Russell Flint with printed tissue guards. 4to original linen-backed pale blue boards paper labels on spines and covers top edges gilt printed dust jackets. No. 160 of 500 copies.Original set on Riccardi hand-made paper. Gotham Book Mart ticket to volume 1 rear pastedown.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:328106379: Each volume has a separate title page.Collation: v.1: xxxv 92 p. 1 l. 15 leaves of plates col. & mounted incl. front. v.2: xii 28 p. 1 l. 5 leaves of plates col. & mounted incl. front."Of this Edition of Theocritus Bion and Moschus have been printed in the Riccardi Fount on handmake Riccardi Paper 500 copies; upon Vellum 12 copies of which 10 are for sale. In two volumes."--v.1 prelim."Of the engraved Title-page the lettering has been designed by Edith M. Engall and the central ornament by W. Russell Flint."--v.1 prelim Plates accompanied by guard-sheets with explanatory letter-press printed in redRiccardi Press printing device on one of the last fly-leaves; Riccardi Press watermark also visible on same page.Condition:Jacket spine and edges sunned some tape repairs volume paper labels foxing light shelfwear; some rare minor foxing in volume; near fine in good jackets. London:The Medici Society Ltd., 1922 hardcover
1922réf. 14015London Liverpool & Boston: Medici Society 1922. Edition limited to 512 copies this copy #294 of 500 on Riccardi hand-made paper; 2 vols. 4to 20 mounted color plates by Flint sensuously rendering the works of these late Greek poets; fine set in the orig. printed dust-jackets which are faded at the extremities. Medici Society unknown
1975Light Pen markings to about 5 pages with some pencilling to others. Closed Tear to front wrap (1.5 cm) with creasing. Some stick residue to rear wrap. Chipping. Old price to front wrap deleted. ; 113 pages; Modern English verse translation of Theokritos' pastoral poetry, The Idylls.
1925réf. 18113New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1925. Edition ltd. to 750 copies small 4to pp. xv 1 105; title within decorative rule; orig. linen-backed marble-grained paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine spine and label darkened light wear to extremities a few untrimmed fore-edges browning and curling else very good. Albert & Charles Boni unknown books
1925réf. 197231London Dasanova Society 1925. 1925. 4to. Translated with three page introduction by R.C. Trevelyan. Original 1/2 gilt stamped vellum over blue boards uncut and unopened. Dust jacket unclipped; spine a bit darkened. Very good. #46/750 numbered copies. Hardcover. London, Dasanova Society, 1925. hardcover books
1906réf. 74341Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1906. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Translated into English Verse by Calverley. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Numerous headpieces and vignettes. 172pp. Tall 8vo original decorative brown boards; partly uncut. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1906. Fine. One of 330 numbered copies. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1905réf. D14572Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edited by Henry Aiken Metcalf. Three volumes. lix 195; xxv 229; xv 248 pp. 8vo. bound in publisher's paper-covered boards in cardboard slipcases. A beautifully printed edition of Theocritus and two of his fellow Greek poets. The texts are printed in Greek with the English translation on the facing page. This edition was limited to 477 sets for members only printed at the De Vinne Press on specially made hand-made paper. Light wear only. A near fine set. The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
1877Former owner's name to ffep in ink. Pencil and ink underlining and notes to some pages. Top of spine has tear and a small piece chipped off. Some Edgewear to corners and spine ends. Waterstaining to lower edges of some pages. Fair to Good. ; Clarendon Press Series; 231 pages
1892Former owner's names to ffep, and half-title in ink. Pencil and ink underlining and notes to some pages. Some Edgewear to corners and spine ends. Pages a bit tanned. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Greek Text. ; Clarendon Press Series; 243 pages
1892Pencil and colored pencil underlining and notes to some pages. Else VG. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Greek Text. ; Clarendon Press Series; 243 pages
1892Endpapers browned and foxed. Former owner's name to ffep. Some minor wear to extremities. Pages tanned. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Greek Text. ; Clarendon Press Series; 243 pages
réf. 45506313like new. unknown
1925réf. 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
