Renaissance Latin Verse: An Anthology by Alessandro Perosa / John Sparrow (Ed.) - 1979

London: Duckworth. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0715609696 . Xxix, 560 pp. Large octavo. Glossy grey dust jacket with black has some shelf wear, spine tips a little rubbed, back of DJ has some scuffs, flaps intact. Book itself is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Introduction and notes in English, else Latin. Includes Renaissance Latin verse from Italy (by far the largest group, including Petrarca, Boccacio, etc. ) , France, Germany, England, but also Hungary, Dalmatia, Scotland, spain, Portugal and Poland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 560 pages .

Duckworth & Co, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1250grams, ISBN:0715609696

Duckworth, London, 1979. XXIX,560p. Original blue gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. 'In this book the talents of both editors are seen to great advantage. the brief accounts of each author and the notes give the reader much help within small space. The necessary bibliographical information is given, and yet the learning of the editors never swamps the reader. To reproduce the spelling of the manuscripts would have caused inconsistency as well as obscurity, and the editors have sensibly modernised throughout. The text has been most carefully edited, and the book contains some felicitous emendations (...). But the book is not only a distinguished work of scholarship; it contains much poetry that is a delight to read, and its superb printing and production (..) make it a most valuable possession.' (HUGH LLOYD-JONES in Spectator, 24.09.1979, p.19-20).