Title: Odes of Pindar, With Several Other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Olympick Games Author: Pindar Place: London Publisher: R. Dodsley Date: 1749 Description: [vi], i-[xxii], [i]-ccvi, [2] (errata and contents), [1]-315, [1] (blank), [2] ad pp. 10x7¾, rebound in leather, original morocco spine label laid down on front pastedown, additional new endpapers. The 206 page preface and dissertation is by Gilbert West, and is a fitting introduction to this English translation from the Greek lyrical poetry of Pindar. Bookplate of Thomas Page Adams (TPA) on front pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: From the library of TPA: rubber stamp to each edge of page block, and to title page, along with library number; front hinge cracked; lightly foxed, a few tiny spots of worming, a few neat and small manuscript notations in margins in red ink; good. Item number: 208252
Title: Odes of Pindar, With Several Other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Olympick Games Author: Pindar Place: London Publisher: R. Dodsley Date: 1749 Description: [vi], i-[xxii], [i]-ccvi, [2] (errata and contents), [1]-315, [1] (blank), [2] ad pp. 10x7¾, rebound in leather, original morocco spine label laid down on front pastedown, additional new endpapers. The 206 page preface and dissertation is by Gilbert West, and is a fitting introduction to this English translation from the Greek lyrical poetry of Pindar. Bookplate of Thomas Page Adams (TPA) on front pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: From the library of TPA: rubber stamp to each edge of page block, and to title page, along with library number; front hinge cracked; lightly foxed, a few tiny spots of worming, a few neat and small manuscript notations in margins in red ink; good. Item number: 208252
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