A Concise Classical Dictionary
AuthorWritten by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1988
Object NameBook
Mediumpaper, ink, card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions31.1 x 21.8 x 0.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017633
About MePaperback book with a card dust cover, 52pp. Each page contains a short definition reprinted from various literary sources. The works referred to are by Nicholas of Cusa, John Clare, Martin Heidegger, John Lyly, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Epictetus, Theocritus, Plotinus, Porphyry, Henry Hawkins, Peter Anson, Wallace Stevens, M. James, Dr. Robert South, W. Cobbett, Gloria Wilson, Plato, Philolaus, and the Bible. The book is an edition of 200 copies published by Wild Hawthorn Press during Christmas 1988.This book is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
5 May 1804
