M. MANILII ASTRONOMICON [5 VOLUME SET COMPLETE] Liber I Primus, Liber II Secundus, Liber III Tertius, Liber IV Quartus & Liber V Quintus. Recensuit Et Enarravit A. E. Housman
by Manilius, Marcus; A. E. Housman (Ed. )
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Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. Minor Sunning to spines of Vols 4-5. Endpapers tanned. Tape stains to ffep of Vol. 3. Scholar's name to ffep of Vol. 4 (M. P. Charlesworth). All volumes mostly clean except Volume 5 which has pencil notes and underlining to some pages. Vol 5 also has notes and marginalia in ink and red ink and pencil to the Appendix with a few corrections. Vols 3-4 boards are a different colour from other volumes. ; Second Edition with Addenda. Lxxv, [1], 125, [1] + xxxi, [1], 138, [1] + xlviii, [2], 78, [1] + xvii, [1], 142, [1] + xlvi, [2], 139 pp. ; 5 Volume Set COMPLETE; Marcus Manilius (M Manilii) , 1st century A. D. Roman poet and astrologer. The Astronomicon contains the earliest appearance of astrological systems of Houses. Housman's is considered the authoritative edition. Introduction in English. Latin apparatus. .
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- Title
- M. MANILII ASTRONOMICON [5 VOLUME SET COMPLETE] Liber I Primus, Liber II Secundus, Liber III Tertius, Liber IV Quartus & Liber V Quintus. Recensuit Et Enarravit A. E. Housman
- Author
- Manilius, Marcus; A. E. Housman (Ed. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Astronomy, Latin Literature, Latin Poetry, Classical Greek & Roman, Rome
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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