Theocritus: The Second and Seventh Idylls

Theocritus: The Second and Seventh Idylls

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Translated into English verse by Charles Stuart Calverley.

Illustrated with Woodcuts by Elizabeth Rivers.

Published by London: Bodley Head, 1927.

Helicon Series, 56p. black hardback.

John Lane / The Bodley Head issued titles in their Helicon Series with 4 titles issued in 1927 and an additional 10 titles issued in 1928. No reprints seem to be issued.  The Helicon Series were small, squat gift books of good quality, typically illustrated with romantic line drawings or woodcuts. The titles were shorter works of poetry and prose. 

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