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SMART, Christopher (1722-1771). A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus, London: printed for J. Dodsley, 1765. 12° (173 x 99mm.). Engraved frontispiece, text in English and Latin. (Occasional light spotting). Contemporary calf. (Joints and edges rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
AURELIAS ANTONINUS, Marcus (121-180). Meditations ... translated by Meric Casaubon, London: M. Flescher for Richard Mynne, 1634. 4° (194 x 140mm.). Engraved folding plate, woodcut initials. (Tear to Hh, occasional light spotting and browning, early ink initials on title). Later calf. (Rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
With a quantity of other classical translations including William Smith's The History of the Peloponnesian War (London, 1753, 2 vols.), Dryden's Virgil (London, 1792, 4 vols.), Bonnell Thornton's Comedies of Plautus (London, 1769, 5 vols.) and Plutarch's Morals (London, 1704, 5 vols.). (110)
AURELIAS ANTONINUS, Marcus (121-180). Meditations ... translated by Meric Casaubon, London: M. Flescher for Richard Mynne, 1634. 4° (194 x 140mm.). Engraved folding plate, woodcut initials. (Tear to Hh, occasional light spotting and browning, early ink initials on title). Later calf. (Rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
With a quantity of other classical translations including William Smith's The History of the Peloponnesian War (London, 1753, 2 vols.), Dryden's Virgil (London, 1792, 4 vols.), Bonnell Thornton's Comedies of Plautus (London, 1769, 5 vols.) and Plutarch's Morals (London, 1704, 5 vols.). (110)