Marius The Epicurean (2 volumes): His Sensations and Ideas
by Pater, Walter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fair
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Portland: Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fair. Limited, 2 volumes, 1/35 numbered copies (# 31) printed on Japanese Vellum and SIGNED by Mosher in Volume I on the limitation page. A fine set with original paper dust jackets which are badly worn. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Again, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1012
- Title
- Marius The Epicurean (2 volumes)
- Author
- Pater, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas B. Mosher
- Place of Publication
- Portland
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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- Fine
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- Vellum
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- First Edition
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