AN ESSAY ON THE DIFFERENT NATURE OF ACCENT AND QUANTITY, WITH THEIR USE AND APPLICATION IN THE ENGLISH, LATIN, AND GREEK LANGUAGES
by Foster, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor to Fair/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed by J. F. Dove for Richard Priestley, 1820. Containing Remarks on the Metre of the English; on the Origin and Aeolism/Eolism of the Roman; on the General History of the Greek; with an Account of its Ancient Tones, and a Defence of their Present Accentual Marks; With Some Additions From the Papers of Dr. Taylor and Mr. Markland; To Which is Subjoined, The Greek Elegiac Poem of M. Musurus, Addresses to Leo X. with a Latin Version and Notes; Containing Dr. G's Two Dissertations Against Pronouncing the Greek Language According to Accents, with a Reply to Dr. G.'s Second Dissertation in Answer to the Essay. 388 pp. Original brown paper covered boards w/ gray paper spine. Covers detached, but present. Light dampstains to boards. Lacks majority of spine. Previous owner's names on blank endpapers, and top margin of title page; bookseller's small label at top corner of front paste-down. Light foxing throughout. Leaves untrimmed. Regardless of the foxing, leaves are still nice, and easy to read. Good reference copy.. Hard Cover. Poor to Fair/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7647
- Title
- AN ESSAY ON THE DIFFERENT NATURE OF ACCENT AND QUANTITY, WITH THEIR USE AND APPLICATION IN THE ENGLISH, LATIN, AND GREEK LANGUAGES
- Author
- Foster, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor to Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Printed by J. F. Dove for Richard Priestley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1820
- Keywords
- LANGUAGE LANGUAGES ENGLISH LANGUAGE LATIN LANGUAGE GREEK LANGUAGE ACCENTS AND ACCENTUATION LITERATURE POETRY POEMS POETS POETIC WORKS POETICAL WORKS LITERARY WORKS ESSAYS GENERAL
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- Poetry; Literature/Poetry; Language; Essays;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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