1823 Martial Epigrams Roman Poetry Epigrammaton Corruption in Rome Delphini

1823 Martial Epigrams Roman Poetry Epigrammaton Corruption in Rome Delphini

 

“I live in a little cell, with a window that won’t even close,

In which Boreas himself would not want to live.”

– Martial, Epigrams

 

Martial was a 1st-century Roman poet from Spain most-known for his ‘Epigrams.’ This important, early piece of Roman literature expresses details of life in Rome focusing in on the brutal daily life during the Roman Empire. Martial describes living conditions of Rome, corrupt physicians and senators, cruel treatment of slaves, and secrets and rumors of emperors. Because of the style of Martial’s writing, he is often considered the first insult comic, as he used humor to disguise his disdain for the life with which he was so familiar.

 

This edition is the collected works of Martial from the series ‘Scriptores latini in usum Delphini.’

 

Item number: #6665

Price: $299

Martialis, Marcus Valerius

 

Marci Valerii Martialis Epigrammata: ex editione Bipontina, cum notis et interpretatione in usum Delphini, variis lecttionibus, notis variorum recensu editionum et codicum et indice locupletissimo accurate recensita.

Londini: curante et imprimente A.J. Valpy, 1823.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes

o   Vol. I – IV, 566

o   Vol. II – [3], 568-1074

o   Vol. III – [5], 1078-1479, [1], clxix, [1]

• Provenance: Armorial Emboss

o   SIGILL W.W. BARONIS GRENVILLE CANCELLARII ACADEMIAE OXONIENSIS

o   William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, PC, PC (Ire), FRS (1759-1834), was a British Pittite Tory and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, though he was a supporter of the British Whig Party for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars.

o   Grenville served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1810 until his death in 1834.

• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)

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