The tragedies of Sophocles, translated from the Greek. :. With notes historical, moral and critical; wherein several mistakes of editors and the old scholiasts are corrected, and the true sense of the author cleared. To which is prefix'd, a preface; containing I. A defence of tragick poetry; wherein is occasionally shewn, how some modern poets have transgressed the established laws of poetry which the ancients observed. II. An historical account of its rise and progress. III. A comparison of the ancient tragedians with each other. /
Gerard Vandergucht (London 1696 - London 1776)
Category
Books
Date
1729
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3203016
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. :. port. ;. 8vo. Provenance: Inscribed in pencil by ‘Alda Hoare … April 19th 1941’ refers to Voltaire and Sophocles ‘as his master’ Binding: Mottled calf
Makers and roles
Gerard Vandergucht (London 1696 - London 1776) George Adams (c.1698 - c.1768) Sophocles (c. 496-405 BC)