Text set / A manuall /compos'd by the philosopher Epictetus.

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Title: A manuall /compos'd by the philosopher Epictetus.
Alternative Title: Manual.
Creator: Epictetus.
Epictetus.Manual.English.
Bond, William, -1735.Manual of Epictetus, the philosopher.
Date Created and/or Issued: [ca. 1736]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection: Early Modern English Manuscripts from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Manuscript. Title at head of text.
Scope/Content: Manuscript copy, dating from approximately the 1730s, of William Bond's 1734 edition of The manual of Epicetus. Written in a neat hand throughout, the volume contains the entirety of Bond's translation of the Manual. It is possible that the volume was copied, or at least owned, by members of the Seymour-Conway family, as asserted in a pencil note by a modern bookseller.
Condition: Bound in black leather with gold tooling on covers and spine.
Type: text
Extent: [144] p., bound ;18 cm.
Identifier: ark:/21198/n1nc8f
MS.1948.002
Language: English
eng
Subject: Philosophy, Ancient--Translations--Early works to 1800.
Stoics--Translations--18th century.
Provenance: "Henry Seymour" and "Francis Seymour" inscribed in pencil on front endpapers, with later pencil notes by modern bookseller.
Location: CLUW

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