Callimachus: Aetia: 2 volume pack Tapa dura - 2012

Oxford University Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x3x6. A complete two volume set (Text and Commentary) in matching dark blue hardback bindings with gilt lettered spines: firm and square, strong joints, sharp corners. Complete with original dustjackets: showing well, bright and clean, no tears, no chips. Contents crisp, fresh and tight. Thus a smart set of books in better than very good condition. Volume 1 (9780198144915) comprises an introduction dealing with matters such as the work's composition, contents, date, literary aspects, and its function in the cultural and historical context of third-century BC Alexandria, and a text of all the fragments of the Aetia with a translation and critical apparatus; while Volume 2 (9780198144922) presents a detailed commentary, including introductions to the separate aetiological stories.

Oxford Univ Pr, 2012. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 1325 pages. 9.00x6.00x3.00 inches.