DESCRIPTION: 

                 For your history and ownership is an antique, 

                       and pristine foxing free Holl engraving.

                     From the great painting by John Hoppner 

     Taken from The Universal Dictionary of Universal Biography: 

A series of original memoirs of distinguished men. Published by William MacKenzie, Paternoster Row, London 1835.

                                       Measures 10 2/4" by 7" overall.  

               Image size of j ust scene is 4 X 5 inches not counting the text.

                   printed on fine English tan papers

                  RICHARD PORSON

               English classical scholar. He was the discoverer of Porson's Law. The Greek typeface Porson was based on his handwriting. His library was divided into two parts, one of which was sold by auction, while the other, containing the transcript of the Gale Photius, his books with his notes, and some letters from foreign scholars, was bought by Trinity College for 1000 guineas. His notebooks were careful; they have been rearranged, and illustrate his penmanship. Much remains unpublished. James Henry Monk, his successor as Greek professor, and Charles James Blomfield edited the Adversaria, consisting of the notes on Athenaeus and the Greek poets, and his prelection on Euripides; Peter Paul Dobree, afterwards Greek professor, the notes on Aristophanes and the lexicon of Photius. Besides these, from other sources, Thomas Gaisford edited his notes on Pausanias and Suidas, and Thomas Kidd collected his scattered reviews. When Thomas Burgess attacked his literary character over his Letters to Travis, Thomas Turton came forward to defend him.