Theocritus

Greek, c. 305 - c. 255 B.C.

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3rd-century BC Greek poet

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Traduction nouvelle ... ; Hero et Leandre

Various Artists, Theocritus, Anacreon, Jean Massard · published 1773 · 2 works bound as 1 vol: etch. & engr. by J. Massard after C. Eisen (includes trial proofs) plus hand-colored counterproofs for "Traduction nouvelles"which also includes texts by Bion of Phossa, Sappho, and Moschus of Syracuse; frontispiece by Duclosafter Eisen for "Hero et Leandre" ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1212

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Idylls and Other Texts

Albrecht Dürer, Theocritus, Hesiod, Aldus Manutius · 1495/1496 · bound volume with letterpress title page and text, and woodcuts (decorated initials and headpieces), one woodcut bookplate, and one watercolor and gouache heightened with pen and ink and gold ·  Accession ID  2005.1.1.a-b