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The third idyll of Theocritus: PB 165-2004

Object information

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Titles

The third idyll of Theocritus

Maker(s)

Author: Theocritus
Translator: Lang, Andrew
Publisher: Museum Press
Printer: Kent, Watson
Printer: Burroughs, Bryson
Printer: Rogers, Bruce

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Description

Translated from the Greek by Andrew Lang

[9] p : ill. (col.) ; 27 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1928

Note

"375 copies ... were made at the Museum Press by Watson Kent, Bryson Burroughs and Bruce Rogers. In blue wrapper, with paper label on front cover.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 165-2004
Primary reference Number: 118587
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The third idyll of Theocritus" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118587 Accessed: 2024-12-18 10:07:53

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