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The idylls and epigrams of Theocritus, Bion and Moschus.

Title
The idylls and epigrams of Theocritus, Bion and Moschus. In three volumes. Edited by Henry Aiken Metcalf, with an introduction by William Cranston Lawton.
Author
Theocritus.
Publication
Boston, Issued by the Bibliophile Society for members only, 1905.

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Additional Authors
  • Bion, of Phlossa near Smyrna.
  • Metcalf, Henry Aiken, 1845-1911.
  • Lawton, William Cranston, 1853-1941.
  • Moschus.
  • Theocritus.
  • Bibliophile Society (Boston, Mass.)
  • Draper Collection.
Description
3 v. front. (v.1) 5 pl.; 24.5 cm.
Subject
Note
  • Engraved t.-p.
  • Added t.-p., engraved. Head-pieces and initials by E[ugenia M. W[ireman]
  • "Supplementary versions of various idylls, Theocritus, Bion and Moschus in English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and German": v. 3, p.[133]-232.
  • "The edition is limited to 477 copies printed for members only."
  • Printed at the De Vinne Press.
Language (note)
  • Greek and English on opposite pages.
Contents
I. Theocritus--Idylls I-XIV.--II. Theocritus--Idylls XV-XXX and epigrams.--III. Bion. Moschus.
Call Number
*KP (Bibliophile) (Theocritus. Idylls and epigrams)
LCCN
06004200
OCLC
1841041
Author
Theocritus.
Title
The idylls and epigrams of Theocritus, Bion and Moschus. In three volumes. Edited by Henry Aiken Metcalf, with an introduction by William Cranston Lawton.
Imprint
Boston, Issued by the Bibliophile Society for members only, 1905.
Language
Greek and English on opposite pages.
Local Note
Copy 1-2: Draper Collection.
Copy 2: Printed on Japanese vellum. Plates, head-pieces and initials colored by hand.
Copy 2: Bound by The Harcourt bindery in red morocco, gilt, inlaid in various colors, and with morocco doublures.
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Bion, of Phlossa near Smyrna.
Metcalf, Henry Aiken, 1845-1911.
Lawton, William Cranston, 1853-1941.
Moschus.
Theocritus.
Bibliophile Society (Boston, Mass.)
Draper Collection.
Research Call Number
*KP (Bibliophile) (Theocritus. Idylls and epigrams)
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