Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Tryphiodorus
Title:
Destruction of Troy : being the sequel of the Iliad / translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus. With Notes. By J. Merrick Scholar of Trinity Co.. Oxford.
Published / Created:
Oxford : Printed at the Theatre, [1739]
Physical Description:
[24], lxxxviii, 151 p. 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PA4489 .T513 1739
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Date of publication from imprimatur on title page verso: "Imprimatur, Theoph. Leigh, Vice-Can. Oxon. Oct. 26. 1739".

Title page vignette is an engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre.

English short title catalogue, T102771

Foxon, D.F. English verse, 1701-1750, M193

Subscriber's list, p. [9]-[24].

BEIR Gft86 cg789: Bookplate of Thomas Day Seymour. No. 1 of 2 titles bound together.

BAC: British Art Center copy has bound with it: Tryphiodōrou Iliou halōsis = Tryphiodori Ilii excidium ... Oxford, [1741].
Subject Terms:
Poetry, Greek -- Single authors. | Trojan War -- Poetry. | Troy (Extinct city) -- Legends. | Seymour, Thomas D. (Thomas Day), 1848–1907 -- Bookplate. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1739.
Form/Genre:
Subscriber's lists.
Contributors:
Merrick, James, 1720–1769. | Sheldonian Theatre.