Graecum Lexicon Manuale

(Lowell, John Amory, owner) Hederich, Benjamin, editor

Published by F.C. et J. Rivington, London, 1810

About this Item

"Editio nova". 2 parts (Greek to Latin; Latin to Greek). LACKING TITLE PAGE. 1 vols. 4to. A fascinating provenance. John Amory Lowell (1798 1881), of the distinguished Boston family of that name, was a businessman and philanthropist who became the sole trustee of the Lowell Institute when his cousin John Lowell, Jr., died in 1836. John Amory amdinistered the trust for 40 years. He was a Fellow of Harvard College (1837 1877), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Linnean Society of London. Lowell gradated from Harvard in 1815 -- and noted each of his successive undergraduate years on the flyleaaf of this book. 1851, Harvard honored John Amory Lowell with an LLD. Contemporary calf (rubbed), rebacked. With the signature "John A Lowell 1812" on the front pastedown; and beneath, his armorial bookplate "John Amory Lowell", the note "Cost 13 dollars", and on the front free endpaper, aa chronoology of his undergraduate years at Harvard 2 parts (Greek to Latin; Latin to Greek). LACKING TITLE PAGE. 1 vols. 4to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Graecum Lexicon Manuale
• Publisher: F.C. et J. Rivington, London
• Publication Date: 1810
• Edition: "Editio nova".
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