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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: J Donsley, T Cadell and Johnson & Payne, London, 1769
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Anbieter: Martin Bott Bookdealers Ltd, Felixstowe, Vereinigtes KönigreichMartin Bott Bookdealers Ltd
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In den WarenkorbLeather Bound. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 3 works in one volume :1. A Familiar Introduction to the Study of Electricity by Joseph Priestley, 1769, second edition, 86pp followed by plates 2,3, an unnumbered plate [8], 6 and 7, five folding plates in all as called for in the preface, 2. An Introduction to Electricity by James Fer…guson, 1770, 140pp, in six sections, with three folding plates as called for, published by W Strahan and T Cadell, and 3. An Essay on Electricity Containing a Series of Experiments by J B Becket, 1773, 151pp, published by the author in Bristol. inscribed on second free endpaper in ink "Engineers Library January 1862 No 6362" and on the title of the first work "Engineers Library G.P.O". Contents VG, a little browning and offsetting to plates. Bound in very worn full calf with boards detaching.
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The Comedies of Plautus. Translated into Familiar Blank Verse .First edition.
Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 250-184 BC)(author);Bonnell Thornton (1724-1768)(translator);T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt : London(publisher);J. Lister : London
Verlag: London: Printed by J. Lister for T Becket, P.A. de Hondt, R. Baldwin, T. Davis & R. Davis, 1767-1774, 1774
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Good. Five volumes. xviii, [19]-23, [1, errata], 342; [ii], 386; [iv], viii, 400; [ii], 399, [1] ad.; [iv], 416 pp. Vols. one and two translated by Bonnell Thornton, vols. three, four, and five translated by Richard Warner. (8vo) 21x13 cm (8¼x5¼"), vols. one and two: half tan morocco over tan cloth; vols. three, four, a…nd five: half calf over marble boards. All rebacked, with raised bands and morocco labels to spine lettered in gilt. First complete edition of Plautus translated into English.Title pages foxed but not the text pages.Five volumes include the plays Amphitruo (Amphitryon), Miles Gloriosus (The Braggard Captain), Captivi (The Captives), Trinummus (The Treasure), Mercator (The Merchant), Aulularia (The Miser), Rudens (the Shipwreck), Menaechmi (The Twin Brothers), Epidicus (The Discovery), Mostellaria (The Apparition), Pseudolus (The Cheat), Stichus (Conjugal Fidelity), Cistellaria (The Casket), Curculio (The Parasite), Truculentus (The Church), Poenulus (The Carthaginian), Bacchides (The Courtezans), Persa (The Persian), Asinaria (The Ass-Dealer), Casina (The Lots) and Fragments. "An esteemed translation, accompanied with excellent notes from the best commentators" (Lowndes 1880). Tail of each spine stamped with the "Lincoln's Inn Library" stamp and the date in gilt, with library stamps to front fly-leaf of each volume. Lowndes, 1880.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 11706720.Notes:Vols. 3-5 bear the imprint "printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt"; vols.3, 4 are dated 1772, vol.5 1774.Vols. 4, 5 are dated MCCCLXXII & MCCCLXXIV respectively; misprint for 1772 & 1774.Vols.3-5 translated by "the gentleman who translated The captives", i.e. Richard WarnerWith 'The merchant' translated by George Colman, and 'The life of M. Accius Plautus, translated from Petrus Crinitus', translated by R. Warner.The whole edited by Richard Warne. Provenance: Heritage Book Shop, Beverly Hills, CA.Condition:Boards rubbed, corners and edges bumped, rebacked; library stamps, heavy foxing to first and last leaves of each volume; very good.
