1728 PHARSALIA by LUCAN antique ANCIENT ROMAN POEM 2 volumes

Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus

Pharsalia.

Lugduni Batavorum: Luchtmans; 1728

Engraved frontispiece.

Folding engraved map.

2 volumes.

Original calf, spines gilt in 6 compartments; spines dried and flaked, library number at base of spines,

Very good interior

Edited by Francisco Oudendorpii.

"A very excellent edition." - Dibdin II, page 186.

size: 9 1/2 by 10 1/3 inches

Text in Latin

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 epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan (also known as Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) or the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, which is the central event of the poem.
Lucan's Pharsalia (or Bellum Civile) recounts the Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, focusing on themes of civil strife, ambition, and the fall of the Republic.
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