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Odes of Pindar, with several other pieces in prose and verse, translated from the Greek. to which is added, A dissertation on the Olympick games (v.1)

Pindar; West, Gilbert (1703-1756); Horace; Euripides; Lucian of Samosata; Apollonius Rhodius; Cleanthes the Stoic; Plato

1753

V.2 - "Second edition".

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Odes of Pindar, with several other pieces in prose and verse, translated from the Greek. to which is added, A dissertation on the Olympick games (v.2)

Pindar; West, Gilbert (1703-1756); Horace; Euripides; Lucian of Samosata; Apollonius Rhodius; Cleanthes the Stoic; Plato

1753

V.2 - "Second edition".

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Lucien, de la traduction de N. Perrot, Sr. d'Ablancourt. Divisé en deux parties (v.1)

Lucian of Samosata; Perrot d'Ablancourt, Nicolas (1606-1664)

1683

With additonal title-page, engraved, the imprint of which reads: A Amsterdam, chez Jean de Ravestein, 1664.

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Excerpta quædam ex Luciani Samosatensis operibus

Lucian of Samosata; Kent, Nathaniel (1737-1810)

1745

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Dialogues of Lucian. From the Greek (v.1)

Lucian of Samosata; Carr, John LL.D

1774-9

Vol.1: Second edition. 1774. Translated by John Carr.

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Dialogues of Lucian. From the Greek (v.2)

Lucian of Samosata; Carr, John LL.D

1774-9

Vol.1: Second edition. 1774. Translated by John Carr.

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Vier Bücher wunderbarlicher bisz daher unerhörter, und ungleublicher indianischer Reysen, durch die Lufft, Wasser, Land, Helle, Paradisz, und den Himmel : Beschrieben von dem grossen Alexander, dem Plinio Secundo, dem Oratore Luciano, und von S. Brandano : Mit eitlichen warhafften, jedoch bey vielen Gelehrten glaubwirdigen Lügen

Rollenhagen, Gabriel (1583-1619); Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C); Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630); Lucian of Samosata; Pliny the Younger; Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE); Brendan Saint, the Voyager (483-577)

Im Jahr 1603

Part 1 is a long popular collection of imaginary voyages and accounts, such as Alexander's letters to Aristotle, Pliny the Younger's description of India, Lucian's and St. Brandan's voyages; Part 2 co...

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Les oeuvres de Lucian de Samosate philosophe excellent : non moins vtiles que plaisantes

Lucian of Samosata; Bretin, Filbert

1581

Eight woodcuts in the text. Three parts in one volume. Part 2 begins on p. 389. Publisher's device on t.p. Head- and tail-pieces; initials. Page [868] blank.

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Luciani Samosatensis Opera : quae quidem extant, omnia

Lucian of Samosata; Micyllus, Jacobus (1503-1558); Egenolff, Christian (1502-1555)

1538

Printer's device on t.p. and last leaf; initials.

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