Proposals for printing by subscription : 4000 Copies of the Characters of Theophrastus, With a Strictly Literal Translation of the Greek into Latin, According to the Specimen hereto annexed; and With Notes and Observations on the Text, In English: For the Benefit of Hertford College. By R. Newton, D.D. and Principal.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Theophrastus.

Series:

• Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

• Characters. Latin and Greek. Prospectus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Book proposals--Early works to 1800.
• Character sketches--Early works to 1800.
• Character sketches.
• Book proposals.

Genre:

• Prospectuses.

Physical Description:

26 pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

Oxford : printed; and this specimen to be had of R. Clements and J. Fletcher, Booksellers in Oxford; and J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and W. Owen, at Homer's Head, near Temple Bar; and R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, London. At which Places Subscriptions are taken in, [1752]

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Notes:

• Half-title: '1 January 1752. The New-Year's gift of the principal of Hertford College to his society, being one of the publick lectures by him read .. '.
• 'The characters of Theophrastus' was published in 1754.
• Price from imprint: Price of the Specimen Six-Pence.
• Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T54390.

Access Restriction:

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