Pharsalia. Cum supplemento Thomae Maii.
by Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus (Lucan)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: J. Barbou, 1767. Very Good. 12mo (16 cm); x, 441, [2], [1 blank] pages. Engraved frontispiece by Gravelot of Caesar crossing the Rubicon. Woodcut ornaments. Bound in contemporary tan calf with gilt border; spine tooled in gilt; leather label. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. References: Schweiger, 565; Cohen-De Ricci 661.
Handsome Barbou edition of the great silver epic on the Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey. Dante placed Lucan among the five greatest classical poets; Shelley preferred him to Virgil. This edition includes the 1640 "continuation" of the Pharsalia by the English poet Thomas May, and the Civil War fragment by Petronius.
Handsome Barbou edition of the great silver epic on the Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey. Dante placed Lucan among the five greatest classical poets; Shelley preferred him to Virgil. This edition includes the 1640 "continuation" of the Pharsalia by the English poet Thomas May, and the Civil War fragment by Petronius.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2437
- Title
- Pharsalia. Cum supplemento Thomae Maii.
- Author
- Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus (Lucan)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Barbou
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1767
- Keywords
- 2437.jpg Barbou Roman history, Civil Wars, De bello civile, Barbou, Petronius, Thomas May,
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Classical Tradition;
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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Tuxedo Park, New York
About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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