The Georgics
by Virgil (Publius Virgilius Maro); Dryden, John (Translated by), and Whicher, George F. (Introduction by)
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New York: Heritage Press, 1953. xv, 154 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Based upon the edition of The Georgics printed by the Officina Bodoni at Verona for the Limited Editions Club. Illustrations by Bruno Bramanti. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Sandglass (Heritage Club monthly newsletter) laid-in. Slipcase with moderate shelfwear. "As Virgil's epitaph states, he wrote successively of pastoral life, of country things, and of deeds of arms. His final masterpiece, in which he related the legend of the coming of Trojan refugees to Italy, both foretold the glory of imperial Rome and measured the human cost of 'the doubtful doom of man'. He is said to have considered it far from finished at the time of his death. Previously he had perfected and published a different kind of poem, The Georgics, which is loosely comparable to such English poems as James Thomson's The Seasons and William Cowper's The Task." - page vii. . Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Bramanti, Bruno. 4to.
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Virgil's glorious celebration of the natural world-brought vividly to life in a powerful new translation. Virgil 's Georgics is an extraordinary work and one of the greatest poems of the classical world. This new verse translation captures the rich beauty and abundant imagery of the original, recreating the ancient masterpiece for our times. "Georgic" means "to work the earth," and The Georgics combines practical wisdom on tending the land with exuberant eulogies to the rhythms of nature. From idyllic descriptions of hills strewn with wild berries in "vinespread autumn" to warnings of gods and natural disasters, it is at once a reflection on the cycles of life, death, and rebirth; an argument for the nobility of labor; and an impassioned reflection on the Roman empire.
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- Title
- The Georgics
- Author
- Virgil (Publius Virgilius Maro); Dryden, John (Translated by), and Whicher, George F. (Introduction by)
- Illustrator
- Bramanti, Bruno
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 4to
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- Media / Printmaking; European / 2. Classical / Roman; Illustrated Books;
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