The third idyll of Theocritus: PB 165-2004

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The third idyll of Theocritus

Maker(s)

Author: Theocritus
Translator: Lang, Andrew
Publisher: Museum Press
Printer: Kent, Watson
Printer: Burroughs, Bryson
Printer: Rogers, Bruce

Categories

Book

Description

Translated from the Greek by Andrew Lang

[9] p : ill. (col.) ; 27 cm

Place(s) associated

New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1928

Note

"375 copies ... were made at the Museum Press by Watson Kent, Bryson Burroughs and Bruce Rogers. In blue wrapper, with paper label on front cover.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 165-2004
Primary reference Number: 118587
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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