The idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's discourse of pastorals done into English.
Theocritus (c.308-c.240 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1684
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095353
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],68,160p., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . 8vo. Pagination: [8], 68, 160 p. [1] leaf of plates.. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Addpis in cgpie for Gdth: Hirdye Myhddg" [?].. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled sheepskin binding; double blind fillet border; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Theocritus (c.308-c.240 BC) Thomas Creech (1659-1700) René Rapin (1621-1687)