Anacreontis et Sapphonis Carmina.

  • Anacreon
  • Glasguae [Glasgow]: In aedibus academicis excudebat Robertus Foulis 1744
  • Gaskell 43; ESTC T85611.

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Description

8vo, pp. [iv], 108. Contemporary calf, spine divided by raised bands, red morocco label, other compartments tooled centrally in gilt. A little spotting, a touch toned, front flyleaf torn away. Rubbed, worn to spine-ends with some small loss, joints starting. Booklabel of Robert Robertson Glasgow of Montgreenan to pastedown, ownership inscription of Robert Robertson, Edinburgh to title-page.

Notes

The larger, foolscap octavo issue, of a relatively early Foulis Press printing, also issued in a slightly smaller duodecimo. This copy belonged to Robert Robinson (1777-1845) who adopted the surname Glasgow upon inheritance of the sugar plantations of Montgreenan and Sans Souci in 1828.

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