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  “Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish": The Translator's Own Copy of the First Edition of The Tragedies of Euripides

  EURIPIDES; TRANSLATED BY ROBERT POTTER,.

  The Tragedies of Euripides.

  London: J. Dodsley, 1783.

  First translation of Euripides into English, translated by Robert Potter, from his own library. Octavo, two volumes, bound in contemporary leather, engraved frontispiece to volume I, list of subscribers. The translator's own copy with his inscription, "From the Library of the Rev Robert Potter, M.A., Rector of Lowestoft from 1789 to 1804" to volume one of the front pastedown. Robert Potter was a poet and translator, completed his translation of Euripides in 1783. He established the convention of using blank verse for Greek hexameters and rhymed verse for choruses. In good condition. Rare and desirable, with exceptional provenance.

  Price: $2,200.00     Item Number: 135391

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