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Six Titles: The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus (1911), The Piscatory Eclogues of Jacopo Sannazaro (1914), The Eclogues of Faustus Andrelinus and Ioannes Arnolletus (1918), The Eclogues of Antonio Geraldini (1924), Aeneae Silvii De Curialium Miseriis Epistola (1928), The Eclogues of Henrique Cayado (1931)

Mustard, W.P. · Baltimore

Author
Mustard, W.P.
Date
1911-34
Place
Baltimore
Publisher
The John Hopkins Press
Language
English
Binding
12mo.(5" x 7.25") 6 volumes of W.P. Mustard's scholarly works. Full burgundy cloth with gilt John Hopkins shield centered to upper boards, gilt lettering to spines. Mostly Near Fine but one rear board is heavily stained towards head, another with lighter stains toward head. Prior owners name in ink neatly to top of one first free endpaper. (see pics)
Format
A scholarly collection of six early 20th-century translations and studies of Renaissance Latin poetry, published by The Johns Hopkins Press. This set includes eclogues by Baptista Mantuanus, Jacopo Sannazaro, Faustus Andrelinus, Ioannes Arnolletus, Antonio Geraldini, Henrique Cayado, and the political epistle De Curialium Miseriis by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II). These works reflect humanist themes of pastoral life, courtly disillusionment, and poetic innovation across Renaissance Europe.
Category
Literature & Poetry
Record
S.I.8115

12mo.(5" x 7.25") 1911-34. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press. Six Titles: The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus (1911), The Piscatory Eclogues of Jacopo Sannazaro (1914), The Eclogues of Faustus Andrelinus and Ioannes Arnolletus (1918), The Eclogues of Antonio Geraldini (1924), Aeneae Silvii De Curialium Miseriis Epistola (1928), The Eclogues of Henrique Cayado (1931) . 6 volumes of W.P. Mustard's scholarly works. Full burgundy cloth with gilt John Hopkins shield centered to upper boards, gilt lettering to spines. Mostly Near Fine but one rear board is heavily stained towards head, another with lighter stains toward head. Prior owners name in ink neatly to top of one first free endpaper. (see pics) A scholarly collection of six early 20th-century translations and studies of Renaissance Latin poetry, published by The Johns Hopkins Press. This set includes eclogues by Baptista Mantuanus, Jacopo Sannazaro, Faustus Andrelinus, Ioannes Arnolletus, Antonio Geraldini, Henrique Cayado, and the political epistle De Curialium Miseriis by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II). These works reflect humanist themes of pastoral life, courtly disillusionment, and poetic innovation across Renaissance Europe.

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