Isbn: 9780691069883 - tacitus and the tacitean tradition (magie classical publications) (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf-wear to dj., else a bright, clean copy. In this volume distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explore the work of Tacitus in its historical and literary context and also show how his text was interpreted in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Discussed here, for example, are the ways predilections of a particular age color one's reading of a complex author and why a reexamination of these influences is necessary to understand both the author and those who have interpreted him. All of the essays were first prepared for a colloquium on Tacitus held at Princeton University in March 1990. The resulting volume is dedicated to the memory of the great Tacitean scholar Sir Ronald Syme. .…

Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1993. XII,207p. Original red cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Dust wrps slightly discoloured and with light edgewear. A few light remains of (coloured) pencil markings in the margins of pp.VII,XII, XVI and 200.

Zustand: Gut. Magie Classical Publications. XV., 1 nn.S., 205 S., 1 nn.S. Einband leicht berieben. Insgesamt gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 538 Leineneinband, Schutzumschlag, ca. 24,1 x 16,1 cm.