Carr, Wilbert Lester and Harry E. Wedeck — Latin Poetry

New York, D.C. Heath & Co, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Remarkably scarce in the trade in this state and condition. English and Latin Edition by Wilbert Lester Carr and Harry E. Wedeck, a survey of ancient Roman poets writing in Latin. Black publisher's cloth over boards, minimal rubbing to or wear of tips, extremities, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Apparently unread, spine still crackles. Twelve black-and--white illustrations hors-texte. Chapters devoted to Vergil's Aeneid, and to the works of Catullus, Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Phaedrus, Martial, Hadrian, Ausonius, Claudian, , and complete with vocabulary and work units. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Two black-and-white illustrations including at frontis of Vergil and Dante entering the underworld. Extensive frontis matter, 3-414 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good