English Classical Scholarship: Historical Reflections on Bentley, Porson and Housman
by Brink, C. O
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0227678729
- ISBN 13
- 9780227678725
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Cambridge: James Clarke & Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. 0227678729 . Previous owner's signatures. Some age-toning to leaves. No tears to dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; x, 243 pages. Maroon papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 134mm. "C. O. Brink shows the effect of the Italian Renaissance on nascent English scholarship and examines the contribution made by seventeenth century scholars such as Bishop Pearson and Thomas Gataker. He deals at length with the life of Richard Bentley, his troubled career as master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and above all the immense advances he made in classical studies." - from dustjacket blurb. Richard Bentley; Richard Porson; A. E. Housman. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17760
- Title
- English Classical Scholarship: Historical Reflections on Bentley, Porson and Housman
- Author
- Brink, C. O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0227678729
- ISBN 13
- 9780227678725
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- (1986)
- Keywords
- 0227678729, History Classics
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