The works of Anacreon, translated into English verse; with notes explanatory and poetical.. To which are added the odes, fragments, and epigrams of Sappho. With the original Greek, plac'd opposite to the translation.. By Mr. Addison.
Anacreon (c.582 - c.485 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3244030
Summary
Bibliographic description
[22], 279, [1] p. :. ports. ;. 12mo. Provenance: late eighteenth-century bookplate on front pastedown of the Talbot family (motto 'Prest d'accomplir'). Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled sheep, double gilt fillet to form a boarder; spine with five raised bands and gilt fillets; gilt lettered, brown leather spine title label 'Addison's Anacreon'; 'Lond. 1735' on further label in sixth spine compartment; red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Anacreon (c.582 - c.485 BCE), author Sappho (b.c. mid-7th century BC), author Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), translator Gerard Vandergucht (London 1696 - London 1776) John Watts (c.1678 - 1763)