Apr 23, 2007 - Sale 2111

Sale 2111 - Lot 189

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
EPICTETUS. All the Works . . . Which are Now Extant . . . Translated from the Original Greek, by Elizabeth Carter. With an Introduction, and Notes, by the Translator. [18], xli, [1], 505, [11] pages. 4to, contemporary calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine ends and cover edges worn, front joint cracked, cords intact. London: S[amuel] Richardson for A. Millar et al., 1758

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first carter edition. "The translation was not originally intended for publication . . . At the request of her friends, it was published by guinea subscription. This subscription was so successful that 1018 copies were struck off at once, and 250 more were printed afterward" (DNB). Hoffmann II, 21.