BEIN Osborn pc270: Vol. 1 only; armorial bookplate "The Count Batthyany" pasted on top of another bookplate; bookplate: "From the library of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps ... which was bequeathed to his nephew and executor, Erenst E. Baker, F.S.A., January...
Publisher:
Printed for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J.F. and C. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis ... [and 28 others in London]
Autograph manuscript, heavily corrected, of a translation from the Greek of Musaeus (Grammaticus), concerning the tragic love between Hero and Leander.
Description:
Binding: Contemporary polished calf, gold-tooled edges, with title on spine: MS. Hero and Leander--W. Hayley.
Subject (Name):
Hayley, William,--1745-1820. and Musaeus,--Grammaticus.
Subject (Topic):
Hero (Greek mythology) and Leander (Greek mythology)
Berdan, John Milton--Bookplate., Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1648-1720 or 21., Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1640-1707., Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638?-1706., Mocatta, Cecil. fmo, and Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of, 1633?-1685.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--18th century. and English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700.