The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus: completely Englished into verse and prose, the metrical part by Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, and the prose portion, introduction and notes explanatory and illustrative by Leonard C. Smithers; including the Latin text of Catullus.
by Catullus, Gaius Valerius
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Ancient World 1245 Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus: completely Englished into verse and prose, the metrical part by Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, and the prose portion, introduction and notes explanatory and illustrative by Leonard C. Smithers; including the Latin text of Catullus. With eight full page plates. New York: Privately printed for subscribers only, 1928, xxiii, 313, [3] p., [8] leaves of plates: ill. Bound in original brown boards with vellum backstrip. Printed paper label mounted on spine. Title page in red and black. This edition is strictly limited to seven hundred and fifty numbered copies"--P. [ii]. (This is not completely correct as this copy in unnumbered.) Many pages still uncut, spotting to spine, chipping to label, some sun fading to bottom of front cover, small lateral tear to list of illustrations page, overall a good copy. This book was originally printed in London in 1894. $25.00
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- Ancient World 1245
- Title
- The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus: completely Englished into verse and prose, the metrical part by Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, and the prose portion, introduction and notes explanatory and illustrative by Leonard C. Smithers; including the Latin text of Catullus.
- Author
- Catullus, Gaius Valerius
- Format/Binding
- Good
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately printed for subscribers only
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- xxiii, 313
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ancient World, Rome, Roman Literature, Poetry, Catullus, Latin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient World; Roman History and Literature; Poetry; Latin literature;
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