[ Selected works of Aristophanes
By: translated by John Hookham Frere.
Contributors: Frere, John Hookham, 1769-1846; Scott, George Digby; Isaac, Peter, 1921-2002 (bookplate); Bradford, Owen
Publisher: Priv. print. at the Government Press
Published: 1839
Place of publication: Malta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
Other titles: Six Greek plays
Work titles: Works.
Notes: Original photograph of a port. of the translator mounted after first half t.p.

Items 1-5 have each a special half t.p.; items 2 & 3 have imprint: Malta, printed at the the Government Press, 1839 on final leaf; item 4 has imprint: W. Nicol, 60 Pall-Mall, 1839 on half t.p. verso; item 5 with imprint: W. Nicol, 60 Pall-Mall on half t.p. verso; Theognis restitutus has a special t.p. with imprint: Malta, 1842.

A note on the half t.p. verso of item 4 states: The greater part of this play (the Frogs) had been printed upwards of twenty years ago, having been intended for private distribution; an intention to which the writer adheres, being unwilling to cancel what had been already printed and in part distributed ...

Rebound by Owen Bradford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1992.

Fisher D-11 copy: With the armorial bookplate of George Digby Scott, and the book label of Peter Isaac.
Table of contents: title: The Archarnians.; title: The Knights.; title: The Birds.; title: The Frogs.; title: Psalms.; title: Theognis restitutus.