ARISTOPHANIS COMOEDIA PLUTUS. Adiecta Sunt Scholia Vetusta. Recognovit ad veteres membranas, variis lectionibus ac notis instruxit, et scholiastas locupletavit Tiberius Hemsterhuis

Aristophanes

Published by Ex Officina Volkeri van der Plaats, Harlingae or Harlingen, 1744

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Octavo: xxiv, 484, [25] p. with woodcut intials and vignettes. Period full vellum binding, with handwritten titles at the spine head. The contents are clean and bright. Bookplate of the Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet to the front pastedown. Some general dust staining along the top edge. The spine is darkened, with moderate soiling and a bit of rubbing to the boards; else very good. A political satire on contemporary Athens, featuring the personified god of wealth, Plutus. This translation is among the chief writings of the Dutch philologist and critic Tiberius Hemsterhuis (1685-1766), whose disciples includes Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer, Jacob van Lennep, and David Ruhnken. Seller Inventory # 75848

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Title: ARISTOPHANIS COMOEDIA PLUTUS. Adiecta Sunt ...

Publisher: Ex Officina Volkeri van der Plaats, Harlingae or Harlingen

Publication Date: 1744

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

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