Author: Pindar: (Cookesley, William Gifford, ed.:)

Title: Carmina

Publication: Etonae [Eton]: E.P. Williams, 1851; 1853.

Description: Second edition. 2 parts bound as 1, 8vo., pp. [vi], 218, [ii], xiii, [i], 265, [i]. Text in Greek, notes in English, useful preface to the second edition, some engraved illustrations in the text. A little light spotting but very good. Publisher's dark blue cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Rubbed, label toned and chipped, some scuffs, end caps and corners worn, endpapers a little foxed and spilt at hinges but boards holding firm, still very good overall. Ownership inscription of J.S. Lewis to ffep. To title-page a small ink stamp seemingly in the shape of a bishop's mitre.

Published at Eton and dedicated to Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789 - 1862), master. Contains Pars 1. Odas Olympicas and Pars 2. Odas Pythias, with no more published in this edition.

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Reference Number: [54772]

Price: £60

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