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Part of Lucian Made English From the Originall. In the Year 1638. By Jasper Mayne the Master of Arts, and one of the Students of Christ Church. To Which are adjoyned those other Dialogues of Lucian as they were formerly translated by Mr. Francis Hicks.
by Lucian
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Small folio. pp [16], 398, [2], fine engraved frontispiece portrait bust of Lucian by Faithmore, with verse underneath, bound in contemporary speckled polished calf, spine with braided bands and red Morocco label, sympathetically rebacked by the Heitage Bindery using the original spine. A very good fresh copy throughout with nice margins now housed in a cloth clamshell box with a red morocco label. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Much confusion surrounds this title, as to whether or not it was issued with the second edition of Hicks translated Lucian, as indicated by the title page, but nowhere else referred to. Hick s second edition was indeed issued in 1663, though by a different publisher, and is often found bound up with the second issue of the present collection, which is dated 1664. Copies of this 1663 first issue appears to be complete without it. Since this copy is in a contemporary binding, it s independence of the Hick s is quite certain. Madan makes this clear when he says [III. 2642]: The two parts are entirely unconnected, even by references to each other. The whole of Mayne was printed in Oxford, and the whole of Hicks reprinted in London. I have not yet seen any 1663 copy with the Hick s part, but only separately published, in spite of the title. Madan thought this copy to be rare and without a portrait, though this copy does have one.
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- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045
- Title
- Part of Lucian Made English From the Originall. In the Year 1638. By Jasper Mayne the Master of Arts, and one of the Students of Christ Church. To Which are adjoyned those other Dialogues of Lucian as they were formerly translated by Mr. Francis Hicks.
- Author
- Lucian
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed, 1st issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Oxford Printed by H. Hall for R. Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1663
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greek Classics, Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spring 2022;
- Size
- Small folio
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About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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