Menandri et Philemonis reliquiae, quotquot reperiri potuerunt; Graece et Latine, cum notis Hugonis Grotii et Joannis Clerici, qui etiam novam omnium versionem adornavit indicésque adjecit.

MENANDROS || LE CLERC, Johannes (Ed.)

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Amsterdam, Thomam Lombrail, 1709. 8vo. Engr. front, + (16),+ 375,+ (24) pp. Foxing and some spotting, a minor hole in margin pp. 5-6. Early 19th-century full red morooco, gilt spine with raised bands, boards with gilt frame and gilt inner bordures, all edges gilt. Spine slightly faded, and with discreet repair at hinges. Hoffman II, 591 ?Diese Ausg. veranlasste einen heftigen Streit? According to Dibdin (II, p. 235f): ?In an evil hour, as it should seem from the result, did the famous Le Clerc sit down to the task of editing the fragments of Menander and Philemon. Whatever were his attainments (and they were great and multifarious) he had not the sufficient acumen or knowledge in Greek literature for the task which he undertook: and a more furious and bitter controversy scarcely ever agitated the literary world, than that which arose from the edition here specified.? The edition was attacked mainly by Richard Bentley and Petrus Burman but also by several others. James Gronovius attacked both Le Clerc and Bentley in a tract ?.considered to be one of the bitterest pieces of criticism extant? Cornelius de Pauw defended Le Clerc against Bentley. Etc, etc.

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• Title: Menandri et Philemonis reliquiae, quotquot reperiri potuerunt; Graece et Latine, cum notis Hugonis Grotii et Joannis Clerici, qui etiam novam omnium versionem adornavit indicésque adjecit.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback