1597
Poetry of Oppian Greco-Roman FISHING & Hunting Commodus Greek Plantin RARE
Oppian of Anazarbus, or simply Oppian, was a
2nd-century Greek poet who is only remembered for his Greek poems on
fishing and hunting. Of his surviving works, his poem on fishing (De piscatu)
is his most important, much in part because it was dedicated to Marcus Aurelius
and Commodus.
This 1597 edition of the poems of Oppian
includes two major poems - the expected poem on fishing and the other on
hunting. However, it should be noted that the Oppian named as the author of the
hunting poem is Oppian of Syria. According to scholars, Oppian of Syria was familiar
with the hunting poem of Oppian of Anazarbus and wrote his poem as a supplement
to the former.
Regardless of the authorship, this late 16th-century
work is a fascinating and desirable piece on Ancient Roman leisure activities
and outdoors sport. Edited and translated with commentary by Konrad
Rittershausen, this printing features both Latin and Greek texts in parallel
pages. Published by the famed Plantin Press
Item number: #8365
Price: $950
OPPIAN, of Anazarbus (Cilicia)
Oppiani
poëtæ Cilicis de venatione lib. IIII. De piscatv lib. V.
Lvgdvni Batavorvm, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum
Raphelengium, 1597. First edition.
Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [88], 376, [40], 344, 164
§ 3 parts include two poems and a commentary
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Signatures: []8, []8, A-Z8, a-b8, c4*4, 2A-2X8,
2Y4, [][],[][]8, [][]4
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References: USTC 423710; NB 23165;
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Leather spine
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Size: ~6.5in
X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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