Thesaurus Graecae poeseōs, sive, Lexicon Graeco-prosodiacum
Subtitle: versus, et synonyma (tam ad explicationem vocabulorum, quam ad compositionem poeticam pertinentia), epitheta, phrases, descriptiones, &c. (ad modum Latini gradûs ad Parnassum) complectens : opus, in studiosae juventutis gratiam et utilitatem, ex optimis quibusque poetarum Graecorum monumentis, quae adhuc prodierunt, nunc primum constructum : cui praefigitur, De poesi, seu Prosodia Graecorum tractatus
By: autore T. Morell ...
Publisher: Ex typographia, et impensis Josephi Pote, bibliopolae; Apud T. Pote, in vico Fleet-street
Published: 1762
Place of publication: Etonae; Veneunt etiam Londini
Language: lat; grc; eng
Number of pages: 1137
Subjects: Greek language; Quantity; Synonyms and antonyms; Epithets; Metrics and rhythmics; Dictionaries
Other titles: Thesaurus Graecae poeseωs, sive, Lexicon Graeco-prosodiacum :; Lexicon Graeco-prosodiacum
Notes: The penultimate letter of the third word is transliterated from the Greek.

With a half-title.

Signatures: pi² A² [superscript pi]B² a-n² B-6G² *A-*8E².

Title printed in red and black, with engraved armorial vignette.

The frontispiece port. of Morell is engraved by James Basire after William Hogarth.

Publisher's advertisement on verso of half-title.

"Corrigenda in praecedente Thesauro," p. [1135]-[1137].

ESTC cT98743

Gift of Thomas Hollis; Hollis binding, with Sibley's ms. "Ipsius" on bookplate.

Inscription: Rufus Ch[??]te 1[850?].

Ownership inscription: E. Libris Alex:r Boswelli anno Dom 1792; from the collection of Gerald M. Goldberg.

Bound in 2 v., with additional half title "Thesauri Graeci poeseωs pars altera"; in this copy, the note to the binder on first cancel leaf is largely trimmed; gathering *Kk² is present in duplicate.

Bound in 2 v., with additional half title "Thesauri Graeci poeseωs pars altera".

Bound in 2 v., in contemporary full calf; Hollis binding, with gilt circular floral tool in center of covers.

Half bound in 2 v., in contemporary calf with speckled-paper boards; spines gilt, with red lettering piece; edges speckled red.

Bound in contemporary speckled calf; spine gilt, with black lettering piece; blue-speckled edges.