The idylls of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, . and the war-songs of Tyrtæus. Literally translated into English prose, by the Rev. J. Banks, M.A. With metrical versions by J.M. Chapman, M.A.
Theocritus (c.308-c.240 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1853
Materials
bookcloth, paper
Measurements
183 x 119 mm; 25 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087812
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv,343,[1]p., frontis. . 8vo.. With sixteen final advertisement leaves.. Provenance: With a manuscript inscription on title page: 'J. [?] Pyke[?] Commoners [?] Manchester'. With a bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: 'This book was supplied by Edward Baker 14 & 16 John Bright Street Birmingham, England The most expert bookfinder extant Submit your wants'. Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Publisher's embossed cloth. Binder's ticket on rear pastedown: Bound by Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Theocritus (c.308-c.240 BC) Tyrtaeus (7th century BC) Matthew James Chapman (d.1865) James Davies (1820 - 1883) Richard Polwhele (1760-1838)