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Hai tou Anakreontos Odai [Greek]. The Odes of Anacreon: literally translated into English prose..
by Anacreon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
York: Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, and sold by C. Dilly…[et al.], 1796 First edition of this attractively printed translation of Anacreon's Odes by Thomas Gilpin. The odes are translated into simple English prose, "designed for the use of those who have made no great progress in Grecian literature." The twenty-ninth odes is not translated, as "There are several expressions…which might give offence to a delicate ear. Original boards, uncut, rebacked in paper, with printed spine label laid down. Small octavo. Greek and English text on facing pages. Former owner's bookplate. Some light waterstaining at the beginning, otherwise a very good copy. Uncommon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15634
- Title
- Hai tou Anakreontos Odai [Greek]. The Odes of Anacreon: literally translated into English prose..
- Author
- Anacreon
- Format/Binding
- Original boards, uncut, rebacked in paper, with printed spine label laid down
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition of this attractively printed translation of Anacre
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, and sold by C. Dilly…[et al.],
- Place of Publication
- York:
- Date Published
- 1796
- Pages
- [168] pp
- Size
- Small octavo
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, women's studies, education, history of science and fine printing and artists' books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietor: Carol Sandberg
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- First Edition
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- Rebacked
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