ODI DI ANACREONTE TRADOTTE IN VERSI ITALIANI DA ERITISCO PILENEJO.
- (Parma: Bodoni, 1793).
- small 8vo
- contemporary calf, gilt borders on covers, black and red leather spine labels, gilt leather turn-ins, marbled pastedowns and endsheets
- viii, 100 pages
- ISBN: none
Price: $1,250.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 139954
Printed by Giambattista Bodoni in Parma (Brooks 503). Minor shelf wear, else a near fine copy. Pages 73-100 contain the "choice of poems, mostly not complete, which are published under the name of Anacreon". There were 6 copies on parchment. A lovely copy.
Anacreon, one of the most celebrated Greek lyric poets, was born at Teos in Ionia. He lived in Samos and Athens, where his patron was Hipparchus. His poetry is know for it's grace and elegabce, and it's celebration of the joys of wine and love.
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