Oppian's Cynegeticks. Translated Into English Verse. (Paperback)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT135607Half-title: 'Oppian's Cynegeticks. .. To which is added, a poem on Her Majesty's birth-day'. Contains also proposals for 'The book of psalms, and Solomon's song', a letter to Sir Robert Walpole and a life of Oppian. Translated by John Mawer.York: printed by Thomas Gent: and sold by T. Osborne; F. Gyles; and L. Gilliver, London: also by J. Hildyard, in York, 1736. 6],24, 2],6, 4],23,3p., plate; 8

General

Imprint:	Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2010
First published:	May 2010
Authors:	Oppian
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	74
ISBN-13:	978-1-140-84950-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Promotions
LSN:	1-140-84950-6
Barcode:	9781140849506

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