Author: Juvenal
Title: Woman, a Satire
Description: London, The Casanova Society, 1927. Cloth. An unusual work consisting of Roman poet Juvenal's reductive views of 'Woman', accompanied eight full plate illustrations. With eight plates of collotype illustrations depicting female nudes from artist R. B. Brooks-Greaves. With a tissue guard to each plate bearing an informative description of what is depicted, as it relates to the views of Juvenal. Collated, complete.This is no. 21 of 500 copies on deckled-edged antique laid paper.Roman poet Juvenal's satire on women, subtitled 'a satire in the form of an epistle, addressed by Juvenal to his friend Postumus on hearing of his intended marriage&apos.With a lengthy introduction from F. A. Wright, a British translator whose most notable work was 'Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle&apos. The introduction covers misogyny in literature and the role and rights of women in Roman society. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. General shelf wear, with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the occasional light mark. Very Good . Ill.: R B Brook-Greaves. Very Good .
Keywords: Rome Roman Poetry Women Roman epistle R B Brook-Greaves
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Title: Woman, a Satire
Description: London, The Casanova Society, 1927. Cloth. An unusual work consisting of Roman poet Juvenal's reductive views of 'Woman', accompanied eight full plate illustrations. With eight plates of collotype illustrations depicting female nudes from artist R. B. Brooks-Greaves. With a tissue guard to each plate bearing an informative description of what is depicted, as it relates to the views of Juvenal. Collated, complete.This is no. 21 of 500 copies on deckled-edged antique laid paper.Roman poet Juvenal's satire on women, subtitled 'a satire in the form of an epistle, addressed by Juvenal to his friend Postumus on hearing of his intended marriage&apos.With a lengthy introduction from F. A. Wright, a British translator whose most notable work was 'Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle&apos. The introduction covers misogyny in literature and the role and rights of women in Roman society. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. General shelf wear, with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the occasional light mark. Very Good . Ill.: R B Brook-Greaves. Very Good .
Keywords: Rome Roman Poetry Women Roman epistle R B Brook-Greaves
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 779F52
- Book number: 779F52
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