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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

London: Printed by S. Richardson 1758 First edition of the first English translation of the complete works of Epictetus. This esteemed work was the standard English version prior to Oldfather's translation (1925-8). (See Long, Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life, Oxford: 2002.). Contemporary brown calf, with some expert restoration. Quarto. Some edgewear. Joints tender. Contemporary ink ownership signature to edge of title-page and later numerical inscription to bottom margin of title-page. Some toning. A very good copy of this monumental translation. Elizabeth Carter (1717 - 1806) was one of the leading members of the Bluestocking Circle and a close friend of Elizabeth Montagu. With a persistence that won the praise of Virginia Woolf in A Room of One's Own, she learned Latin, Greek, and Hebrew in childhood with her brothers, and later studied French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Arabic (Drabble, Oxford Companion to English Literature). She was a friend of Samuel Johnson, who thought her… Leer más

London: Printed By S. Richardson: And Sold By A. Millar...John Rivington...And, R. and J. Dodsley , 1758. Recently professionally rebacked in closely matching leather with red leather label in gilt, retaining the original leather covers while restoring the edges and corners. Internally clean and bright. With the armorial bookplates of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803), and Bridgewater Library, Charles William Sherborn (English, 1831-1912). A quite handsome copy of Carter's desirable First Edition of the First Translation into English, considered her finest work. xlii, 505, (11, Index and Appendix) pp. Lowndes 745 . First Edition of the First English Tran. Leather. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.