Theocritus, Bion & Moschus, Rendered into English by Andrew Lang: The Idyls of Theocritus; The Idyls of Bion & Moschus

Illustrated with colour plates, here are two volumes of classical bucolic and pastoral poetry translated into English by fairy tale collector Andrew Lang. A limited edition work. Limited editions of the first editions of Andrew Lang's English verse translations of the Idyls of classical poets Theocritus, Bion and Moschus.Numbers 402 of 500 copies of each volume produced.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Volume I illustrated with fifteen mounted colour plates, and volume II with five mounted colour plates, all after Scottish artist and illustrator William Russell Flint.Collated, complete.The Idyls of Bion and Moschus are short bucolic poems by the Hellenistic Greek poets Bion of Smyrna and Moschus of Syracuse, blending pastoral scenes of shepherd life with themes of love, myth, and elegy.The Idyls of Theocritus are the earliest and most influential pastoral poems, presenting vivid depictions of rustic life, mythological narratives, and the loves and rivalries of herdsmen. It became the model for later European pastoral poetry. In the publisher's original cloth backed, paper covered boards, with unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, fine. Dust wrappers significantly age toned to back strip, with sunning to wrap perimeters. Chipping and minor losses to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Near Fine.…