The Aeneid of Virgil
by Virgil (Author); C. Day Lewis (Translated by)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor Books/Anchor Books/Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Copyright 1952 . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 320 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.
Synopsis
Robert Fagles's translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and become the standard translations of our era. Now, his stunning modern verse translation of Virgil's Aeneid is poised to do the same. This beautifully produced edition of the Aeneid will be eagerly sought by readers desiring to complete their Fagles collection—and the attention it receives will stimulate even greater interest in his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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- Bookseller
- gearbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3ivDi0027
- Title
- The Aeneid of Virgil
- Author
- Virgil (Author); C. Day Lewis (Translated by)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Copyright 1952
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Doubleday Anchor Books/Anchor Books/Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 320
- Keywords
- Poetry & Prose, Poems, Short Stories, Classical Literature & Studies, Greek History & Studies, Greek Literature, Philosophy & Humanities, Literary Studies
- Size
- 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...