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    Lucian's true history;

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    Lucian's True history /

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    Also published in 1894 with Greek text.Originally published as: Certaine select dialogues of Lucian together with his True Historie / translated from the Greeke into English by Francis Hickes. Oxford : Printed by William Turner, 1634."Five hundred copies printed." This copy not numbered.Mode of access: Internet

    Translations from Greek and Latin classics, Part 1: 1550–1700: a revised bibliography

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    This is the first instalment of a two-part revision of the classical translation sections of the second edition of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Vols 2–3. The recent discontinuation of the revised edition of CBEL deprives the scholarly world of an up-to-date version of the most complete bibliography of its kind; this contribution makes good that loss for this topic. Over its eventual two parts 1550–1800 it runs to some 1,500 items of translation for what might be held to constitute the golden age of the English classical translating tradition. Checking of existing entries in the listings has led to a large number of internal corrections, including deletions, but the records have been expanded by a net 20%, with several minor classical authors added. As compared to the previous CBEL editions of the 1940s, this reflects the availability of digital-era resources such as the English Short Title Catalogue

    Optimism, progress, and philosophical history

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