Lucanus, M. Annaei / Oudendorpio, Francisco (Editor). M. Annaei Lucani Cordubensis Pharsalia : sive belli civilis libri decem : cum scholiaste, hucusque inedito, et notis integris Henrici Glareani, Jacobi Micylli, Joachimi Camerarii, Hugonis Grotii & c. Two Volumes. Lugduni Batavorum (Leyden), Samuelem Luchtmans, 1728. 21 x 25 cm, Vol. 1: (74), 505 pages. With a fold-out map facing page 1. Vol. 2 (Tomus Alter): Counting continues at page 506 to 966. 192 pages of Index. Contemporary calf with plain boards. Six raised bands. Gilt decorations on spine. Volume numbers on spine. Name plates missing from both spines. Very good condition. Significant shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to spine, boarders and corners. Outer joints starting to crack open, but binding still sound. Papers age darkened and slightly browned and foxed. Some faint water staining. Book plates and shelf numbering attached to front pastedowns (Earl of Roden).

The author; Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39 AD – 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. Despite his short life, he is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets. Lucan was the son of Marcus Annaeus Mela and grandson of Seneca the Elder; he grew up under the tutelage of his uncle Seneca the Younger. Born into a wealthy family, he studied rhetoric at Athens and was probably provided with a philosophical and Stoic education by his uncle. He found success under Nero, became one of the emperor’s close friends and was rewarded with a quaestorship. During this time he circulated the first three books of his epic poem, Pharsalia (labelled De Bello civili in the manuscripts), which told the story of the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey.
The editor; Franz van Oudendorp (1696 – 1761) was a Dutch philologist and professor for History and Rhetoric at the University of Leiden. He became famous for publishing the works of many Latin writers during his life. (Wikipedia)

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 100418AB

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