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Fine in near fine jacket. Black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild rubbing and shelfwear.
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Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 0801828996. Bumping to upper corners. Small tape stain to front inner cover. A few pages with pencil and pen marginalia. DJ has tears with adhesive tape repairs to upper edge.; 0.94 x 9.13 x 6.14 Inches; 355 pages; Explores the opportunities for intellectual endeavor as well as the constraints placed on it, with a special focus on the socioeconomic background of writers and their audiences and on the availability and use of written materials. Covers both Greek and Latin writing and examines activity in Rome as well as in other parts of Italy.
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VG-/VG-(ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pen mark to block. Pages are clean and clear. ) Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; red dj with black lettering, mylar cover; ix, 355 pp. Contents: Romans and Greeks: a closer acquaintanceship--Rome and the Italian background--Patterns of intellectual life--Greek writers and their readers--Intellectuals in Rome I--Intellectuals in Rome II--Towqards public patronage--Grammatica: the study of language--Dialectica--Rhetoric--The mathematical arts--Medicine--Architecture and allied subjects--Law--Historiography and allied subjects--Antiquarianism--Geography and ethnography--Grammatica: 'the part dealing with writers'--Philosophy--Theology and the arts of divination. Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-336) and index.