Virgil : his poetry through the ages / R.D. Williams and T.S. Pattie
1982, First Edition. London : British Library. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #447988
ISBN: 0712300066
Physical description: ix, 143 p., [21] p. of plates : ill., facsims., photographs ; 24 cm. Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the British Library, London, in Sep. 1982-Feb. 1983. Bibl., including a list of Virgil Mss in the British Library. English text with examples in Latin. Contents: Introduction: Virgil's life and times -- pt. I. Virgil and his poetry. The Eclogues ; The Georgics ; The Aeneid ; Virgil today -- pt. II. Virgil through the ages. The tradition of the text ; The popular traditions ; Virgil's imitators ; Virgil in English -- Selective bibliography -- Appendix 1: Latin manuscripts of Virgil in the British Library -- Appendix 2: Latin manuscripts of Virgil in the British Library: commentaries and anthologies -- Appendix 3: Manuscript translation of Virgil in the British Library. Subjects: Virgil. Virgil Manuscripts. Virgil Criticism and interpretation. Virgil Influence.
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