Oeuvres de Virgile. Traduites en vers francais part Tissot (Bucoliques), et Delille (Georgiques et Eneide); en vers Espagnols par Guzman, Velasco et Luis de Leon; en vers Italiens par Arici et Annibal Caro; en vers Anglais par Warton et Dryden; en vers Allemands par Voss. . . Edition Polyglotte, publiee sous la direction de J.B. Monfalcon.
by [VIRGIL]. MARONIS, P. Vergili
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Paris & Lyon: Cormon et Blanc, Libraires, 1838. Tall Thick 8vo. xcvi, 1112 pp. Printed in double-columns, divided into compartments on facing pages in Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, English & German. Half-calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt lettrng & compartments on spine, raised bands (rebackd w/ original spine laid-bk down, mnr rubbng & scuffng to crnrs, cvrs), a very good clean copy. First edition, thus of this exceedingly scarce Polyglot edition of the works of Virgil, including the Bucolics, Georgics, and the Aeneid. In addition to the invaluable comparison provided by this multi-lingual edition, there is the excellent bibliography of all the important editions and translations of Virgil up to the early 19th century. Polyglot editions of theological and religious works are fairly common, but not for classical authors such as this work.
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- 32121
- Title
- Oeuvres de Virgile. Traduites en vers francais part Tissot (Bucoliques), et Delille (Georgiques et Eneide); en vers Espagnols par Guzman, Velasco et Luis de Leon; en vers Italiens par Arici et Annibal Caro; en vers Anglais par Warton et Dryden; en vers Allemands par Voss. . . Edition Polyglotte, publiee sous la direction de J.B. Monfalcon.
- Author
- [VIRGIL]. MARONIS, P. Vergili
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cormon et Blanc, Libraires,
- Place of Publication
- Paris & Lyon:
- Date Published
- 1838.
- Keywords
- virgil, Vergil, Poetry, Epic Poetry, Mythology, Folklore, latin, Classics, Latin Language, Linguistics, Critical Editions, Polyglot Aeneid, Troy, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, English, German, Linguistics, Bibliography, Bibliographies, Books on Books
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