The odes of Pindar . including the principal fragments With an introduction and an English translation by Sir John Sandys ...
Pindar (Pindaros) (c.522-c.443 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1915
Materials
leather, paper
Measurements
168 x 111 mm; 31 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3088554
Summary
Bibliographic description
xlv,[1],635,[1]p.,(frontis.) . 8vo.. With an advertisement slip tipped in before half-title. Copious manuscript notes in the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928) including on free endpaper: 'Began upon Pindar Aug 6 1919. I read him through at Etrontian in 1858, or 1860, and not a line of him since.'. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: 'A gift [to Sir George Otto Trevelyan] from William Heinemann June 30. 1919'.. Binding: Leather binding, gilt lettered, gilt tops. With a ribbon bookmark.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Pindar (Pindaros) (c.522-c.443 BC) Sir John Edwin Sandys (1844-1922)