THE WORKS OF LUCIAN, TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK, BY SEVERAL EMINENT HANDS; The First Volume
by Dryden, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good; This is the first volume of a four-volume set. Important for containing Dryden's Life of Lucian. With an engravi
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Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Sam Briscoe. Very Good; This is the first volume of a four-volume set. Important for . containing Dryden's Life of Lucian. With an engraving of the bust of . Lucian by W. Faithorne facing engraved title page. (MacDonald 141) . Repaired shallow chip to first page ; negligible foxing. Rebound in . quarter-leather with marbled-paper boards.. 1711. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Lucian of Samosata was an Assyrian satirist and rhetorician best known for his extensive use of sarcasm in ridiculing superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal. Lucian's works had a major impact on Western literature and inspired such writers as Thomas Moore, Shakespeare, Francois Rabelais, and Jonathan Swift. John Dryden was an English poet, translator, and playwright appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. He dominated English literature in Restoration England to such an extent that the period became known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. .
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- Bookseller
- Blackbird Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6309
- Title
- THE WORKS OF LUCIAN, TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK, BY SEVERAL EMINENT HANDS; The First Volume
- Author
- Dryden, John
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good; This is the first volume of a four-volume set. Important for containing Dryden's Life of Lucian. With an engravi
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sam Briscoe
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1711
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- JOHN DRYDEN, LUCIAN, TRANSLATIONS, GREEK
- Bookseller catalogs
- LEATHER BINDING; Non-Mystery / Collectible Fiction;
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