The Idylliums of Theocritus /
translated from the Greek, with notes critical and explanatory, by Francis Fawkes, M.A.

Description

Main Author

Theocritus

Related Names

Fawkes, Francis, 1720-1777, translator.
Rogers, Robert William, 1864-1930, former owner.
Leach, Dryden, printer.
Grignion, Charles, 1717-1810, engraver.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Fawkes, Francis, 1720-1777, tr.
Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
J. and R. Tonson

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for the author by Dryden Leach, and sold by J. and R. Tonson ... [and 15 others], 1767.

Subjects

Pastoral poetry, Greek > Pastoral poetry, Greek / Translations into English
Translations
Publishers' advertisements > Publishers' advertisements / England > Publishers' advertisements / England / London > Publishers' advertisements / England / London / 1767.
Subscription lists (Publishing) > Subscription lists (Publishing) / England > Subscription lists (Publishing) / England / London > Subscription lists (Publishing) / England / London / 1767.

Note

Publisher's advertisement: : p. [12], 2nd count.
Errata: p. [11], 2nd count.
List of subscribers (including Johnson): p. [1]-[10], 2nd count.
Frontispiece portrait engraved by Grignion.
Signatures: A⁸ a⁸ c⁸ ²c⁸ d² B-T⁸.
"The celebrated Mr. Samuel Johnson has corrected part of this work"--P. xx.

Physical Description

lvi, [12], 288 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

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