8vo. 3 volumes in 1: (IV),156; 23,(1 blank); XVI,101,(1 blank) p. Half cloth. 21.5 cm (Ref: Ad 1: STCN ppn 17136905X; Geereb. 79,6; OiN p. 346; Ad 2: STCN ppn 171373804; Ad 3: STCN ppn 235187895; Geerebaert 79,7; OiN 346) (Details: Engraved portrait of Sophocles on the 2 title pages) (Condition: Binding scuffed. Front joint cracking, but strong. Joint of the lower board split at the head of the spine. 3 leaves loose. Small pencil marks and notes) (Note: The Dutch jurist and poet Willem Bilderdijk, 1756-1831, has translated much prose and poetry throughout his life. His translations clearly shows the traces of his wayward personality. He rarely shrank from poetic liberties, and he did not hesitate to provide a critical commentary on the works he translated . His love for classical authors manifested itself at an early age. Bilderdijk produced also numerous translations and 'imitations' of Greek and Latin poets, including Pindarus, Homer, Anacreon, Sophocles, Callimachus, Horace and Ovid. § 'Edipus, koning van Thebe', a translation of Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' is his first translation of a classical author. It is followed in this binding by Bilderdijk's critical discussion of the translation, and by the next piece of Sophocles he translated, 'De dood van Edipus' (Oedipus Coloneus), published in 1789. Later in life he translated various edifying and theological studies, including the sermons of the Church Father Chrysostomus) (Collation: Ad 1: pi2, A-H8, I8 (leaf I3 plus leaf chi1), K6. Ad 2: A8, B4 (leaf B4 verso blank). Ad 3: *8, A-F8, G4 (leaf G3 verso blank. Lacking the last blank leaf G4))