Oppian's Halieuticks : of the nature of fishes and fishing of the ancients in V. books. Translated from the Greek, with an account of Oppian's life and writings, and a catalogue of his fishes.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Oppian, active 2nd century.

Series:

• Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

• Halieutica. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Fishes--Poetry.
• Fishing--Poetry.
• Fishing.
• Fishes.
• Didactic poetry, Greek--Translations into English.
• Didactic poetry, Greek.

Genre:

• Poetry.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages,13 pages, 3 unnumbered pages,232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

Oxford : printed at the Theater, An. Dom. MDCCXXII. [1722]

System Details:

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

Notes:

• Part 1 translated by William Diaper, part 2 by John Jones, who edited the whole.
• With a half-title and a list of subscribers.
• Generally attributed to Oppian of Cilicia, but quite possibly by Oppian of Syria (Oxford Classical Dictionary).
• 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:

• Foxon, O236
• English Short Title Catalog, T139002.

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