Author: Merrick.J + Tryphiodorus
Title: THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY Being the Sequel of the Iliad. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus. With Notes. By J. Merrick Scholar of Trinity Coll.[college] Oxford.
Description: Oxford England, Sheldonian Theatre [1739 1741 copperplate printer's mark repeated on each titlepage . 8vo later cloth spined marbled boards [Corners worn/rubbed newer end papers] Half-title + Titlepage +[2opp=Preface & subscriber's list] +LXXXVIII [=88pp of Disseration] + 151pp + Half title +GREEK LATIN titlepage +[4p=preface & blank] +112pp which includes the Index. Ex-library with the usual stamps to lower corner of some pages. There are two title pages the first being in two parts: The Dissertation wherein the author's life and times, the Second part with the English verse translation. The Second titlepage u=is for the Greek parallel with the Latin. All parts have extensive footnotes. Pale foxing and minor edge browning with the paper remaining crips and the print in very clear readable fonts with multible styles and sizes.

Keywords: Greek poetry Verse


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