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All the orations of Demosthenes : pronounced to excite the Athenians aganst Philip King of Macedon / translated into English by Thomas Leland ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PA3951 .E5 1777 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Demosthenes.
- Standardized Title:
- Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382 B.C.-336 B.C.
- Philip.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor)
- Grierson Family Books (label)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The third edition, corrected.
- Other Title:
- Half-title: Orations of Demosthenes : in two volumes
- Orations of Demosthenes on occasions of public deliberation
- Fingerprint:
- 7533 f-r. ntst love (3) 1777 (R) v.1
- 51he s,to s.s, adin (3) 1777 (R) v.2
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed for W. Sleater and W. Halhead, MDCCLXXVII [1777]
- Notes:
- Signatures: v. 1: [A]⁴ B-2D⁸ 2E⁴ ; v. 2: [A]² B-2B⁸ 2C⁶.
- Vol. 1: leaf [A]1 is blank.
- Pagination: v. 1: viii, 423, [1] p. ; v. 2: [4], 396 p.
- Title leaf of v. 2 reads: The orations of Demosthenes, on occasions of public deliberation. Translated into English; with notes. To which is added, the oration of Aeschines against Ctesiphon, and the oration of Demosthenes on the crown. By Thomas Leland ... Volume the second. The third edition, corrected. Dublin: Printed for W. Sleater and W. Halhead. MDCCLXXVII.
- Also divided into three vols. Title leaf of v. 2 (contained in v. 1) reads: The orations of Demosthenes, on occasions of public deliberation. Translated into English; with notes. To which is added, the oration of Dinarchus against Demosthenes. Volume the second. By T. Leland, D.D. Dublin: Printed for W. Sleater and W. Halhead. MDCCLXXVII. Title leaf of v. 3 (contained in v. 2) reads: The orations of Aeschines and Demosthenes on the crown. Translated into English; with notes, by T. Leland, D.D. Volume the third. Dublin: Printed for W. Sleater and W. Halhead. MDCCLXXVII.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy: each vol. has bookplate of Archibald Elias and label of Grierson Family Books on back pastedown.
- Penn Libraries copy: v. 1 has a few ms. underlines, marginal marks and notes in pencil.
- Cited in:
- ESTC N29725
- Contains:
- Aeschines. Against Ctesiphon. English
- Demosthenes. On the crown. English
- OCLC:
- 33466360
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