Click for full-size.
Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante The Art and Scope of the Mixed Form
by Dronke, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 067493475X
- ISBN 13
- 9780674934757
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cambridge/london: Harvard University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 067493475X . X, 148 pp. Notes, index. Octavo. Dark maroon cloth with gilt to spine, covers are clean with just a hint of shelf wear. Interior front end paper has extensive ink notes with orange highlighter and corner clipped, text itself has very occasional neat pen marginalia, not terrible but not perfect! Priced low to reflect condition, but still a usable work. In English with some Latin (usually translated) and some old German; Carl Newell Jackson Lectures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11151
- Title
- Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante The Art and Scope of the Mixed Form
- Author
- Dronke, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 067493475X
- ISBN 13
- 9780674934757
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge/london
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- 067493475X, Petronius, Dante, Classical_literature, Menippean, Allegory
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature,Poetry,Drama; Classics;
Terms of Sale
Leaf and Stone Books
Books not as described may be returned for a refund. Please contact us by e-mail before making a return.
About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Storing books - laying down or standing up?
Don’t unwittingly damage your growing book collection! Learn about when to store books laying down vs standing up. Read About Safe Book Storage
Bob Dylan - 2016 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
From the first screech of his electric guitar upsetting musicians at a folk festival to his writing and paintings, Bob Dylan has risen to become a seminal force in American popular culture. In 2016, he was recognized by the Nobel Committee. Learn more about his creations...
