Skip to content

The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's Discourse upon Pastorals. Made English by Mr Creech. The second edition. To which is prefix’d, the Life of Theocritus. By Basil Kennet.

The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's Discourse upon Pastorals. Made English by Mr Creech. The second edition. To which is prefix’d, the Life of Theocritus. By Basil Kennet.

Click for full-size.

The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's Discourse upon Pastorals. Made English by Mr Creech. The second edition. To which is prefix’d, the Life of Theocritus. By Basil Kennet.

by Theocritus

  • Used
  • first
Condition
See description
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$230.84
Or just A$207.76 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
A$38.47 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 6 to 10 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

London: Printed for E. Curll, 1713. [ii], iv, 60, 105, [3], [4, ads] + frontispiece. Bound without the portrait of Creech found in some copies. Contemporary Cambridge-style panelled calf, red morocco label. Lightly toned, some soiling. Extremities rubbed, a few scrapes, joints cracking at head of spine. The first edition of Creech’s translation of Theocritus by the famously unscrupulous publisher Edmund Curll, following its 1684 Oxford first appearance. Curll’s edition was reissued in 1721 with a cancel title-page, suggesting that it did not sell as well as Curll may have hoped. The BL copy has two engraved portraits, one of Creech and one of Theocritus, but the copies in Leeds and Oxford appear to have only one, so it may have been issued thus. ESTC T138189.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
McNaughtan's Bookshop GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
4638
Title
The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's Discourse upon Pastorals. Made English by Mr Creech. The second edition. To which is prefix’d, the Life of Theocritus. By Basil Kennet.
Author
Theocritus
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Printed for E. Curll
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1713
Keywords
Classics Greek

Terms of Sale

McNaughtan's Bookshop

We package all books securely and send by insured and trackable services. All our books are unconditionally guaranteed to be as described, in accordance with the Antiquarian Booksellers Association code of good practice. We additionally uphold the Biblio 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Additional consumer rights under EU distance selling regulations may also apply for cancellations of orders made within 14 days of receipt.

About the Seller

McNaughtan's Bookshop

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2018
Edinburgh, Midlothian

About McNaughtan's Bookshop

Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest surviving secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Located in the basement of a listed 1820s tenement building at the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk, we are the only open shop in Edinburgh holding membership of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. We stock rare, antiquarian, and collectable books on all subjects, along with a substantial range of secondhand books for browsing. Our gallery space currently hosts Typewronger Books, offering new books and secondhand typewriters.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Calf
Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....

Frequently asked questions

tracking-