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(GREEK CLASSICS.) Group of 4 translations in 5 volumes. Various formats, various contemporary bindings, condition varies. Hoffmann III, 58; I, 434; III, 431; I, 209. London, 1749-80
Phalaris, falsely attributed to. The Epistles of Phalaris. Translated . . . By Thomas Francklin. Engraved plate. Half-title. First Francklin edition. 1749 Callimachus. The Hymns [and other texts]. English translation by William Dodd. Rebacked. First Dodd edition. 1755 Sophocles. The Tragedies . . . From the Greek; by Thomas Francklin, M.A. Engraved frontispiece (offsetting onto Volume 1 title); lacks plan of ancient Greek theater. Integral ad leaf at end of Volume 1. 2 volumes. Rebacked retaining original backstrips, lettering pieces off. First Francklin edition. 1759-58 Apollonius Rhodius. The Argonautics . . . [Translated] By Francis Fawkes: The Whole revised, corrected, and completed, by his Coadjutor and Editor [i. e., Henry Meen] who has annexed a Translation of Coluthus's Greek Poem on the Rape of Helen, or the Origin of the Trojan War. Engraved frontispiece (lightly offsetting onto title). First complete edition of the Argonautica in English, and first appearance of Meen's version of Coluthus. Front cover detached. 1780.
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