Author: LUCANUS.
Title: Pharsalia: sive De bello civili inter Cesarem & Pompeium libri decem. (Cur. M. Maittaire.)
Description: London, J.Tonson & J. Watts, 1719. 12mo. (14, 5x8, 1cm). [xlii], 222, [130=index] pp. With numerous cuts: head- and tailpieces. Blind-stamped calf, spine with raised bands; gilt board edges (binding a bit chafed; hinges weak; small wormhole in the first 16 leaves) ¶ With the (armorial) bookplates of Colonel & Mrs. Forbes-Leith, (J.J.F.L. & W.H.S.F.L.) of Whitehaugh (probably Lieutenant Colonel James John Forbes Leith, served in the East India Company) and owner's entries of W.B. Anderson and E.J. Kenney. ¶ Text after the Gryphius edition of 1561.The variant readings of 16 older editions and an account of Lucanus' life are added to this edition. (Schweiger II.564) ¶ Brunet III.1200

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