Necnon, Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus ; ex editione C. J. Blomfield, A.M. cum notis Quibusdam C. G. Schutz..
Theocritus.
Portus, Aemilius.
Bion,of Phlossa near Smyrna.
Moschus.
Aeschylus.
Schutz, C. G.
Blomfield, C. J.
Bonar, James,1757-1821,former owner.StEdNL
Bonar, J. J.(John James),1803-1891,former owner.StEdNL
Bonar, Andrew A.(Andrew Alexander),1810-1892,former owner.StEdNL
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Edinburgi : Typis Academicis. Veneunt apud A. Dickinson et Socios, 13, Infirmary Street,
MDCCCXV. [1815]
The text has 53 ff. of blank leaves bound between the printed leaves. The leaves bear the watermark of "J. Dickinson 1813 with a Britannia emblem. Around thirteen of the pages have manuscript translations in English, and also notes in Greek and English. There are also several small drawings.
The volume shows ownership by three members of the Bonar family of Edinburgh. Firstly, James Bonar (1757-1821) who was a resident at Paterson's Court, Broughton and the author of several works on Greek etymology. He wrote articles for the Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. He was appointed agent of excise for yachts in 1785 and second solicitor of excise in 1801, an office he held until his death. He was admitted to the Speculative Society of Edinburgh University on Dec. 9, 1777. He was the son of John Bonar (1747-1807), who was an original member of the Speculative Society. Secondly, ownership by two of James Bonar's sons: John James Bonar (1803-1891), a Minister of the Free Church of Scotland, and Andrew Alexander Bonar (1810-1892), also a Minister of the Free Church of Scotland.
Theocritus.
Moschus.
Aeschylus.
Scotland Edinburgh.