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Oxford: Printed by H Hall for R Davis, 1663. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Ist edition of the Mayne translation 2nd edition of Hickes translation. This edition of Lucian is thus the first substantially complete edition in English. Prior to the publication of the 9 Dialogues translated by Hickes (d. 1631) at Oxford in 1634, only two of Lucian's Dialogues had been translated into English and published in book form. Mayne's translation of fifty had been made in 1638 for the private entertainment of Sir William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, but left in manuscript. When Mayne finally allowed them to be published it appears that an agreement was made to include the Hickes translations as well. The joint volume first appeared 1663. This is the 1st issue with both title pages dated 1663 (the 2nd issue has the date changed to 1664 on the first title page and adds an engraved portrait of Lucian by William Faithorne the Elder). Includes "Lucian His True Historie" and "Icaromenippus, or the Loftie… Read More