The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus: Now first completely Englished into verse and prose, the metrical part by Capt. Richard F. Burton [...] and the prose portion, introduction, and notes explanatory and illustrative by Leonard C. Smithers
by CATULLUS (Caius Valerius)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Privately Printed, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo., original parchment spine, brown boards, pages untrimmed. One of 1000 copies printed on hand-made paper for subscribers only, published after Burton's death. Leonard Smithers writes in the introduction: "I claim this for this volume that it is the first literal and complete English translation as yet issued of Catullus. bookplate to front pastedown, extremities worn
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Bookshop (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33
- Title
- The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus
- Author
- CATULLUS (Caius Valerius)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
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