The Parnassus Library of Greek and Latin Texts

Descripción

Four scarce editions of these volumes from Homer, Virgil, Catullus, and Sophocles, in the original Ancient Greek. Ancient Greek language. Four volumes. From the Parnassus Library of Greek and Latin Texts by Macmillan. With covers designed by Henry Holiday, an English Victorian painter and stained glass designer, illustrator, and sculptor influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This set includes: Homeri Ilias, 1895. Edited by Walter Leaf, an English banker, classical scholar and psychical researcher. P. Vergili Maronis Bucolica Georgica Aeneis, 1895. Edited by Thomas Ethelbert Page, a British classicist and schoolmaster. Catvlli Veronensis Liber, 1896. Edited by Arthur Palmer, a British scholar and politician. Sophoclis Tragoediae, 1897. Edited by Robert Yelverton Tyrrell, an Irish classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College. In the original decorative hardcover boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd mark to the boards and discolouration to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and age toning to the endpapers. Light worming. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of volume one. Bookseller's label to the front endpaper of volume two. Very Good.

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

The Parnassus Library of Greek and Latin Texts

Editor

Macmillan and Co., Limited 1895-1897, London

Fecha de publicación

1895

Encuadernación

Hardback

Ilustrador

None

Estado

Very Good

Tipo de libro

book

Catálogos de vendedores

• Classical Literature