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Dionysius Longinus On the sublime / translated from the Greek, with notes and observations, and some account of the life, writings, and character of the author, by William Smith ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection C49.77 L86
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Longinus, active 1st century.
- Standardized Title:
- On the sublime. English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Sublime, The.
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (RBC copy)
- Adams, Anthony (bookplate) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, xxxv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 154 pages ; 18 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- r-ur 76V. 4.p- ma"t (3) 1740 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed by S. Powell, for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith ..., and E. Exshaw ..., MDCCXL [1740]
- Notes:
- Translation of: On the sublime.
- Traditionally ascribed to Longinus; real author unknown.
- Signatures: a⁶ A-G¹² H⁶.
- Woodcut head-pieces.
- First edition of this translation published 1739.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy has armorial bookplate of Anthony Adams on front pastedown; bookplate of Archibald Elias on back pastedown.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T119931
- OCLC:
- 9960728
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