Theocrite

1757 · 39157 — Berlin: Gottlieb August Lange. 1757. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.; Small 8vo; 9 p.l. & 140 pages; Contemporary pattern printed paper-covered boards green paper label on spine titled in ms. OCLC: 504805539 First edition of this translation into German verse of Theocritus a third century B.C. poet usually thought of as the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry. There is a faint ink signature of a previous owner at the blank top margin of the title page. The paper is somewhat toned throughout with one brief ink mark in the text along with a few blots in the margins and the blank top corner of the last leaf is folded down without loss. The Idylls are grouped here as usual with works by Moschus and Bion. During his brief lifetime 1730-1761 the translator Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn studied theology at the University of Halle preparing a dissertation under Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten. He served in the Prussian Army during the Silesian Wars and as a chaplin during the Seven Years War. Somehow he found the time to publish at least five original literary works and also earned a reputation as a translator. In addition to the present translation of Theokritos Moschus and Bion Lieberkühn also published a translation of the Pastorals of Publius Vergilius Maro and the French text of Georg Ludvig von Bar's 'Epitre diverses sur des subjets diverse.' . Gottlieb August Lange hardcover