Author: H. Brailsford
Title: An Analysis of the Literature of Ancient Greece, Commencing with the Origin and Formation of Language; Taking a View of Its Growth and Gradual Development Until It Assumed the Character of Neatness and Accuracy; Together with Critical Remarks, Elegant Extracts, and Biographical Accounts from the Writings of the Most Eminent of Her Poets, Historians, Philosophers, Orators, &C.
Description: London, Longman and Co. 1833. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this critical work on the literature of Ancient Greece. First edition. Very scarce work. A detailed and comprehensive critical work on the most important literature of Ancient Greece, with reference to the origins of language and its development. Includes remarks on poets, historians, philosophers, and orators of the time with chapters entitled: the formation of letters, lyric poetry, the nature of the Greek ode, the nature of the Greek drama, philosophy, early progress, and more. With biographical accounts of writers and extracts of their works. Written by H. Brailsford, an English writer, critic, and Master of the Royal Grammar School, Mansfield. Bound in quarter calf with cloth boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark with the residue of a label to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot or handling mark. The odd small closed tear to the page edges. With a library ink stamp to the title page. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Analysis Literature Greece Ancient Literature None
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Title: An Analysis of the Literature of Ancient Greece, Commencing with the Origin and Formation of Language; Taking a View of Its Growth and Gradual Development Until It Assumed the Character of Neatness and Accuracy; Together with Critical Remarks, Elegant Extracts, and Biographical Accounts from the Writings of the Most Eminent of Her Poets, Historians, Philosophers, Orators, &C.
Description: London, Longman and Co. 1833. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this critical work on the literature of Ancient Greece. First edition. Very scarce work. A detailed and comprehensive critical work on the most important literature of Ancient Greece, with reference to the origins of language and its development. Includes remarks on poets, historians, philosophers, and orators of the time with chapters entitled: the formation of letters, lyric poetry, the nature of the Greek ode, the nature of the Greek drama, philosophy, early progress, and more. With biographical accounts of writers and extracts of their works. Written by H. Brailsford, an English writer, critic, and Master of the Royal Grammar School, Mansfield. Bound in quarter calf with cloth boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark with the residue of a label to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot or handling mark. The odd small closed tear to the page edges. With a library ink stamp to the title page. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Analysis Literature Greece Ancient Literature None
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 925T52
- Book number: 925T52
See more books from our catalog: Literary Criticism