THEOCRITUS; Trans. by Francis FAWKES

The Idyliums

London: Dryden Leach for the Author, 1767. 8vo. 288p. Frontispiece by Grignion. List of subscribers, and errata leaf present. Contemporary calf. Rebacked. Provenance: Stephen White, L. L. D., contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Item #403175

FIRST EDITION. "The Celebrated Mr. Samuel Johnson Has Corrected Part Of This Work, And Furnished Me With Some Judicious Remarks" (Preface). Johnson was a subscriber. Includes: 'Some account of the life and writings of Theocritus', and 'An essay on pastoral poetry' by Edward Burnaby Greene. Eddy & Fleeman 62; ESTC T138182; Chapman & Hazen, p. 149.

Price: $100.00