Fraenkel, Eduard — Horace

Oxford, England, The Clarendon Press at Oxford University, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, bound in brown cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, with toning to rear panel, but generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Likely first owner's penned name at first free endpaper, else clean and unmarked. from the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green two of whose final books will be published by the University of California Press in the Fall of 2025. He passed away at age 99 while working on a final translation of the works of Herodotus, his favorite historian. The author, Eduard Fraenkel, began publishing his scholarly works about Horace in the early 1930s, but this magisterial survey interpreted the poet's work in light of individual, specific texts. Preliminary chapters assess the biography of his life as viewed through the Roman biographer Suetonius. This is a vast and important work. Preface, nine chapters, poems, passages discussed, and words in Latin and Greek. Original receipt laid in. xiv [1], 2-463 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good