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The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Now first 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.
by CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS; BURTON, RICHARD F:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Translators, for Private Subscribers only, 1894. 1 of an edition of 1,000 copies on fine hand-made paper. Frontispiece, title in red & black. 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 inches), 313-pages. Original quarter parchment, uncut. Binding soiled, spine slightly canted, corners rubbed through, crush damage to 1 1/2 inches of fore-edge of upper cover. The binding poor but internally very clean - an ideal candidate for rebinding and priced to allow for such.
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- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18318
- Title
- The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Now first 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.
- Author
- CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS; BURTON, RICHARD F:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London: Printed for the Translators, for Private Subscribers only, 1894.
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- Classics;
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Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
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- Fine
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- Parchment
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....