Author: LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus (39-65):
Title: The Pharsalia. Translated and published by Edward Ridley. 2 vols.
Description: London, Humpreys, 1919, in-4to, XXVIII + 277 p. / VII + 315 p., title pages in red and black type, with early owners name on endpapers, orig. half-cloth, spine bit stained with paper labels. - Generally a good copy. ¶ New version of this latin-english parallel edition. -The Pharsalia, "an epic in 10 books, which was left unfinished at Lucan's death, carries the story of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey down to the arrival of Caesar in Egypt after Pompey's death". Lucan, a great Latin poet, nephew of Seneca, died aged 26 after being implicated in Piso's conspiracy against Nero. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Encycl. Brit. XIV/455

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