THE AENEID
by VIRGIL
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. Translated by John Dryden and illustrations by Carlotta Petrina. From the Easton series, "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Virgil (70-19 B.C.) was the common name for Publius Vergilius Maro. He was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan era. This epic poem, written from 29-19 B.C., is 9896 lines of dactylic pentameter!! 397pp. . Collector'd Edition. Full Gray Lather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Imperial Octavo.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015044
- Title
- THE AENEID
- Author
- VIRGIL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector'd Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Imperial Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Roman Literature, Epic Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...