Aulus Gellius originated the modern use of classical and humanities. His Attic Nights contains information on many aspects of antiquity, and preserve much early Latin literature that would otherwise be lost; they also offer personal reminiscences and vignettes of life in the second century AD. This comprehensive study examines his life and writings. It has been fully revised in the light of recent work.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again ...
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Aulus Gellius originated the modern use of classical and humanities. His Attic Nights contains information on many aspects of antiquity, and preserve much early Latin literature that would otherwise be lost; they also offer personal reminiscences and vignettes of life in the second century AD. This comprehensive study examines his life and writings. It has been fully revised in the light of recent work.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 0715619713.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. 9.7 x 6.5 x 1.2. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1989. 284 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy! Size: 9.7 x 6.5 x 1.2. Biography History: European 0381.
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Near Fine in Near fine jacket. First American edition, 1989, hardcover with brown cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 284pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with touch of sun to spine foot, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked, except for previous owner's signature to rear flyleaf. DJ near fine with hint of rubbing and edgewear.
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Very Good+ in Very Good-dust jacket. 0807818186. Very light bump to base of spine else fine. DJ has 1 tear along rear upper edge (crudely repaired with cellotape). Dustjacket has creasing along edges and 1 chip.; In this, the most comprehensive study of Gellius in any language, Dr Holford-Strevens examines his life, his circle of acquaintances, his style, his reading, his scholarly interests, and his literary parentage, paying due attention to the text, sense, and content of individual passages, and to the use made of him by later writers in antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and more recent times. It covers many subject areas such as language, literature, history, law, rhetoric, medicine; light is shed on a wide range of problems in Greek as well as Latin authors, either in the main text or in the succinct but wide-ranging footnotes.; 284 pages.
