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RACCOLTA DI TUTTI GLI ANTICHI POETI LATINA THE WORKS OF VIRGIL
1734; Virgil; Milano, Nel Regio Ducal Palazzo; Vol. VII; Translators- Bernando Daniello, Andrea Lori, Parmindo Ibichense Pastor Arcade; Full Vellum; Latin & Italian Text; 512 Pages; 6.7"x 8.7"; Extremely Rare; NO RESERVE!!! Great for any Fan of the Legendary Ancient Poet or Collector. 275 Years Old!!! Attributes: A Beautiful, original all white vellum (stretched leather) cover design with a maroon leather and gold spine label with five raised bands, unique type of pages I believe vellum type; in dual languages, Latin on left side and Italian on the Right; with nice big font Titles and some of his Greatest Classics; Nice Size!!! Some Contents Included: GEORGICS, ECLOGUES (BUCOLICS), I BELIEVE INDEX/CERTAIN DIFFICULT TRANSLATIONS OF THE AENEID, ETC. SEE PICTURES BELOW!!! Background: Publius Vergilius Maro (also known by the Anglicised forms of his name as Virgil or Vergil) (October 15, 70 BCE – September 21, 19 BCE) was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works—the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the Aeneid—although several minor poems are also attributed to him. The son of a farmer, Virgil came to be regarded as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid can be considered a national epic of Rome and has been extremely popular from its publication to the present day. The Georgics, published in 29 BC, are the second major work by the Latin poet Virgil. Their ostensible subject is rural life and farming. They are generally described as didactic poetry. The 17th century poet John Dryden described The Georgics as, "The greatest poem by the greatest poet." The work contains 2,188 hexametric verses divided into four books. Books One and Two deal with agriculture (field crops, legumes, trees, small woodland creatures, as well as truffle hogs). Book Three is concerned with the rearing of cattle and other livestock, which includes rams, boars, and horses, and Book Four largely focuses upon beekeeping, and the lives of bees, wasps and hornets. However, in modern scholarship of the Georgics, the ostensible subject matter of the poem is not often considered to be its chief focus, not least because of the poem's tendency towards non-agricultural "digression". The debate concerning the "true" subject of the Georgics is ongoing. The Eclogues (also called the Bucolics) are the first of the three major works of the Latin poet Virgil. Imitating the Greek Bucolica ("on care of cattle", so named from the poetry's rustic subjects) by Theocritus, Virgil created a Roman version partly by offering a dramatic and mythic interpretation of revolutionary change at Rome in the turbulent period between roughly 44 and 38 BC. Virgil introduced political clamor largely absent from Theocritus' poems, called idylls ("little scenes" or "vignettes"), even though erotic turbulence disturbs the "idyllic" landscapes of Theocritus. Virgil's book contains ten pieces, each called not an idyll but an eclogue ("draft" or "selection" or "reckoning"), populated by and large with herdsmen imagined conversing and performing amoebaean singing in largely rural settings, whether suffering or embracing revolutionary change or happy or unhappy love. Performed with great success on the Roman stage, they feature a mix of visionary politics and eroticism that made Virgil a celebrity, legendary in his own lifetime. Condition: Condition is Very Good. Some discoloration to cover, missing first blank, owner's signature, most pages are excellent, blemish on a couple, hinges/text block are very good/excellent. Overall, for 275 years old its in Very Good Condition!!!
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