The love epistles of Aristnetus: translated from the Greek into English metre

Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey and Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN, translators

Published by J. Wilkie, London, 1771

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First edition in English of the translation by N. B. Halhed, revised by R. B. B. Sheridan. pp. iii-xvi, 174 pp. Lacking half title and final ad leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Aristaenetus is the reputed author of two books of so-called Love Letters which were first edited by Sambucus (Antwerp, 1566). The present translations are generally short and mildly bawdy adventures, the result of a collaboration between Halhed and his friend from their Harrow days, the 20-year-old Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Presumably, Halhed, the Orientalist, provided the Greek translation, and Sheridan polished the verse. ESTC T133618 Three quarter burgundy morocco and marbled paper boards. Stain on title page through two following leaves, obscuring previous 19th-c. owner's signature, slight browning to margins of text pp. iii-xvi, 174 pp. Lacking half title and final ad leaf. 1 vols. 8vo First edition in English of the translation by N. B. Halhed, revised by R. B. B. Sheridan. Seller Inventory # 243915

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Title: The love epistles of Aristnetus: translated ...

Publisher: J. Wilkie, London

Publication Date: 1771

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition