marius the epicurean: His Sensation and Ideas
by Pater, Walter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Surprise , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
No Dj - grey hard boards with some discoloration, spine has faded
Synopsis
Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel by Walter Pater (published 1885), set in the Rome of the Antonines. It elaborates Pater's ideal of the aesthetic life, his cult of beauty tempered by asceticism, and his theory of the stimulating effect of the pursuit of beauty as an ideal in itself.
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- Bookseller
- The Obscure Opus (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21
- Title
- marius the epicurean
- Author
- Pater, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Grey hard boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- the modern library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920?
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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