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Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683.: PB 1923.3

Object information

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Titles

Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683.

Maker(s)

Translator: Cowley, Abraham
Illustrator: Gooden, Stephen Frederick
Publisher: Nonesuch Press

Categories

Description

Newly embellished with copperplate engravings by Stephen Gooden.

S.B. = Francis Willis, Thomas Wood & John Oldham (BLC).

[102]p : ill ; 25cm

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1923)

Dating

Production date: AD 1923

Note

Engraved title page. S.B. = Francis Willis, Thomas Wood & John Oldham (BLC). No. 477 in an edition of 725 copies. Binding: quarter parchment, gilt paper covered boards; gilt lettering on spine. Page edges untrimmed.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1923.3
Primary reference Number: 98859
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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