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Lucian; Jasper Mayne, tr : Part of Lucian Made English from the Originall in the year 1638

R. Davis, Oxford, c. 1663

¼ calf with 19th-century marbled boards and vellum corners, spine in six compartments of raised bands, gilt red morocco label on two. , Covers with light wear, title extended, stamp on title, leaf A2 of the dedicatory epistle is missing; otherwise a very good copy., 4to, P.A4, (8), 398, (2)., Elaborate head and tail pieces.

Lucian of Samosata was a Greek satirist of the Silver Age of Greek literature. However, he was born in the town of Samosata, on the Euphrates in Northern Syria. The exact duration of his life is unknown, but it is probable that he was born not long before 125 A.D. and died not long after 180. Something of his life history is given us in his own writings, notably in the Dream, the Doubly Indicted, the Fisher, and the Apology.

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