The Tragedies of Sophocles, in Two Volumes., Translated from the Greek; (with a Dissertation on Antient Tragedy.)

London: T. Davies, 1766. Revised Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 1766 revised edition. First volume lacks spine label, heavily worn and toned along edges with some loss of leather, bindings professionally reinforced previously, but first volume beginning to split at spine, pencil name (J. Wood) on title pages, text unmarked, a few pages lightly foxed. 232; 318 pp. Translated into English verse by Thomas Francklin. With an introduction by Henry Morley. Engraved decoration on title pages. A collection of tragedies by Sophocles, translated into English from the original Greek, with a 'Dissertation on Antient Tragedy,' by Rev. Thomas Francklin, M.A. of the University of Cambridge. Sophocles, (born c. 496 BCE, Colonus, near Athens [Greece] - died 406, Athens), with Aeschylus and Euripides, one of classical Athens's three great tragic playwrights. The best known of his 123 dramas is Oedipus the King. - Britannca (Inventory #: 2349592)