Rules and Exercises in Homeric and Attic Greek, to which is added a short system of Greek Prosody, for the use of the Second and Senior Greek Classes in the University of Glasgow

Published by William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1831

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Leather spine rubbed, with some splitting to leather at joints. Some bruising to corner of front board. Previous owner's signature dated 1840 on front endpaper, with the surname erased.; 1831 second edition (the first edition was in 1827). xiii, [3], 352, [2], xiii pages. Contemporary full leather binding, four gilt lines on spine. Page edges sprinkled. Page dimensions: 177 x 104mm. Daniel Keyte Sandford (1798-1838) was Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow. This title has a dedication from Sandford to Edward Copleston, the Dean of Chester and Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. The short "Advertisement to the Second Edition" notes: "In the present Edition, many of the more difficult Examples in the Exercises have been removed or simplified, and a few additional remarks on the niceties of Greek Syntax have been introduced. Rules for the structure of Elegiac verse, together with some improvements and corrections, have likewise been incorporated with the Prosody." Sandford died of Typhus one day after his fortieth birthday.…

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Title
Rules and Exercises in Homeric and Attic Greek, to which is added a short system of Greek Prosody, for the use of the Second and Senior Greek Classes in the University of Glasgow
Author
Sandford, Daniel K. [Keyte] (Sir)
Publisher
William Blackwood, Edinburgh
Publication year
1831
Condition
Very Good-
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Binding
Hardcover

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