A Dissertation against pronouncing the Greek Language according to Accents

London, Printed for A. Millar..., 1754. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 194 x 117 mms., pp. [ii], viii, 149 [150 Errata]. BOUND WITH: RUHNKENIUS (David): Epistola Criticai. In Homeridarum Hymnos et Hesiodum, ad Virum Clarissimyum Ludov. Casp. Valcknarium. Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Conrelium de Pekker, 1749. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 194 xx 117 mms., pp. 78 [79 Addenda, 80 colophon], title-page in red and black. BOUND WITH: RUHNKENIUS (David): Epistola Critica II. In Callimachum et Apollonium Rhodium, ad Virum Clarissimum, Joan. Augustum Ernesti. Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Cornelium de Pecker, 1751. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 194 x 117 mms., pp. 89 [90 colophon], title-page in red and black. 3 volumes in one, attractively bound in full contemporary lightly speckled calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, red morocco label; lower front joint very slightly cracked, but a very good copy. Gally (1696 - 1769) made a name for himself as a reformer with his publication of Some Considerations upon Clandestine Marriages. This rather more recondite work nevertheless attracted some scholarly attention and replies, with a second edition being published in 1768 in reply to John Foster's Essay on the Different Nature of Accent and Quality. David Ruhnkenius (1723 - 1798) was professor of history and eloquence at the University of Leiden. as well as lecturer in Greek. His two works are also on Greek philology and accents.