Foulis Press. [Theocritus] & [Heinsius (Daniël, translat...

Hammer

£70

Foulis Press. [Theocritus] & [Heinsius (Daniël, translator)] , Ta tou Theokritou sesōsmena. Theocriti quae extant, sole Foulis edition, Glasgow: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1746, a well-margined copy, Greek text with Latin translation, half-title, erroneous pagination, yet text and register continuous and complete, collating: [12], 32, 45-192, inner-gutter margins of D-E4 wormed with no loss of text, some foxing in places, later 18th/early 19th c morocco gilt, the covers panelled gilt to a geometric design, within blind-rolled foliate borders and a single-fillet gilt, preserved and repaired spine, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 4to, [Gaskell 78; the first appearance of Andrew Foulis's name as University Printer]


Provenance: William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton (1812-1835), of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire; recto flyleaf with his monogram and crested ink stamp, another recto blank inscribed in ink MS: W.W. Fan July 30th/1826 from/W. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam