Demosthenes . with English notes by the Rev. Arthur Holmes ... Part I. De Corona.
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1896
Materials
bookcloth, paper
Measurements
187 x 127 mm; 22 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087821
Summary
Bibliographic description
195,[1]p. . 8vo.. Copious manuscript notes in the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928). His dates of reading are: Oct 1902 (on a train in Italy); Sept. 16 1905; May 12 1918 (at Welcombe). He notes the dates Macaulay read Demosthenes: August 2 1836; October 20 1836; April 30 1837 'The last time in 2 days'. In 1902 GOT notes: 'Certainly Holmes is a marvellous scholar'; in 1918: 'Holmes writes of oratory like a pedant, narrow, sceptical and critical, - who never hehard a fine speech in his life.'. Provenance: manuscript on flyleaf: G.O. Trevelyan.. Binding: Publisher's cloth.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE) Arthur Holmes (d.1875)