Lucan’s Pharsalia Translated into English Verse by Nicholas Rowe
[Marcus Annaeus Lucanus], Nicholas RoweLondon: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753.
Third Edition.
17cm x 10cm. [vi], lxiv, 287; 310, [2] pages, frontispiece, 1 folding map. Rebacked full leather, modern spines with gilt decoration retaining earlier boards.
English translation of the Latin epic by the Roman poet Lucan, on the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great.
Pages 296-302 in vol. II soiled, else minor tanning and foxing. The frontispiece and map in Very Good Condition. Very Good Condition.
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AU$400