Item details: Opera quae extant, interpretatione et annotationibus illustravit Gulielmus Pyrrho [...] in usum Serenissimi Delphini.
£ 375.00
Claudian:
Opera quae extant, interpretatione et annotationibus illustravit Gulielmus Pyrrho [...] in usum Serenissimi Delphini.
Imprint: Parisiis [Paris], apud Fredericum Leonard [...], 1677 Binding:
Hardback
4to. pp. [xliv], 712, [cii]. Engraved Delphin classics title. Contemporary vellum. Bookplate of Laurence Arthur Burd (1863-1931), a schoolmaster at Repton. Ink stamp of Repton School library on title. Bookseller’s ticket: H. Guy, Chelmsford.
Claudian was the last great pagan poet writing in Latin (though probably born in Greek-speaking Alexandria), writing at the end of the fourth century. His most notable surviving work is his epic poem De raptu Proserpinae.
