CATULLUS AND HIS RENAISSANCE READERS
by Gaisser, Julia Haig
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0198148828
- ISBN 13
- 9780198148821
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. This is the first general study of the fortunes of Catullus in the Renaissance. After a brief introduction tracing the transmission of the poet from antiquity to the middle of the fifteenth century, the book follows his reception and interpretation by editors, commentators, university lecturers, and poets from the first edition (1472) through the sixteenth century. Octavo: xiii, 446 p. with 8 illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Just a hint of foxing to the top edge; else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75673
- Title
- CATULLUS AND HIS RENAISSANCE READERS
- Author
- Gaisser, Julia Haig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198148828
- ISBN 13
- 9780198148821
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Ancient History, Catullus, Renaissance, Latin Literature, Poetry, Roman Republic, Literary Criticism
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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