The Destruction of Troy. Being the Sequel of the Iliad. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus. With Notes by J. Merrick
Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, [1739].
Octavo, [viii] (half-title, title leaf with vignette illustration, preface), [xvi] (list of subscribers), lxxxviii (dissertation), 152 (last blank) pages.
Later half calf and marbled papered boards, all edges uncut; covers a little rubbed, with minor wear to the extremities; trifling signs of use and age; a very good copy.
Bound together with the bilingual Greek and Latin edition of the same work, published in 1741 (octavo, [viii], 112 pages with a vignette on the title page; tear across one leaf neatly sealed; a few early annotations). Provenance: Glen Ralph, with his Wilmar Library bookplate.
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