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Quae extant. Ex editione Danielis Heinsii expressa.
by Theocritus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Glasguae [Glasgow]: In aedibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1746. Foolscap 8vo, pp. [xii], 186, [58]. Contemporary brown calf, boards bordered with a double gilt rule, spine divided by raised bands, compartments with central decorative crosses and circular cornerpieces all gilt, marbled endpapers, edges red. Lightly toned, some spotting. Extremities a touch rubbed, joint ends just slightly cracking, a few marks, label lost from spine. Early MS shelfmark label to front pastedown, modern bookplate to flyleaf. Reprinting the edition of Daniel Heinsius, originally published in 1603, including Greek scholia. This is Gaskell’s larger foolscap 8vo issue with the Pro Patria watermark. Gaskell 78; ESTC T138185.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3487
- Title
- Quae extant. Ex editione Danielis Heinsii expressa.
- Author
- Theocritus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- In aedibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis
- Place of Publication
- Glasguae [Glasgow]
- Date Published
- 1746
- Keywords
- Classics Greek Scottish
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About the Seller
McNaughtan's Bookshop
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Edinburgh, Midlothian
About McNaughtan's Bookshop
Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest surviving secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Located in the basement of a listed 1820s tenement building at the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk, we are the only open shop in Edinburgh holding membership of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. We stock rare, antiquarian, and collectable books on all subjects, along with a substantial range of secondhand books for browsing. Our gallery space currently hosts Typewronger Books, offering new books and secondhand typewriters.
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