The hymns of Orpheus.

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Author / Creator:Orphic hymns
Uniform title:Hymns. English. 1792
Imprint:London, Printed for the Author, and sold by T. Payne, B. White, G. Nicol [and] R. Faulder, 1792.
Description:xii, 227 p. 19 cm.
Language:English
Ancient Greek
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1210655
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Other authors / contributors:Taylor, Thomas, 1758-1835 tr.
Provenance:Few manuscript annotations in one hand.
Binding: contemporary sheep over boards; red morocco spine label with gilt lettering.
Notes:Engraved illustration on t. p.
The hymns have half-title (p. [107]): The Initiations of Orpheus.
With notes, designed "to elucidate, as much as possible [the] concealed meaning [of the Hymns] and evince their agreement with the Platonic philosophy." (Note on p. [109])
First printing 1787.

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Call Number: PA4259.E5H8T2 1792
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