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The Fables of Avianus
Language: English
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore), 1993
ISBN 10: 0801846846 ISBN 13: 9780801846847
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Very fine/Very fine. First Edition. First printing. Hardbound. A clean unread copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. F-2000.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Condition: New.
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Condition: New.
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Neil Welliver (illustrator). First Edition. sm 4 to; slate blue cloth covered boards; silver spine lettering; 55 pp.; foreward by Jack Zipes. Complete work of the fifth-century Roman writer. As new-clean, tight, & attractive. as new-protected by new Mylar wrap.
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THE FABLES OF AVIANUS. With A Foreword By Jack Zipes. Illustrations By Neil Welliver
Language: English
Published by Baltimore & London. 1993. John Hopkins Univ. Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0801846846 ISBN 13: 9780801846847
First Edition
tall, dark grey cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (NAP). tutone frontis. illustration. xix+55p. poetry. ancient literature. roman literature. roman empire. folklore. mythology. philosophy. ~ "When the word fable is mentioned," writes Jack Zipes in his foreword to this volume, "one automatically thinks of the name Aesop, never Avianus." Nevertheless, the lively and instructive fables of this early fifth~century Roman writer enjoyed significant popularity in Europe throughout the Middle Ages. Now the complete work of Avianus ~ forty~two elegiac fables in all ~ has been rendered into contemporary English verse by acclaimed translator David Slavitt. The volume also features four new illustrations by the artist Neil Welliver. The fables of Avianus show a world in flux, a topsy~turvy world, in which humor and cunning constitute the only saving grace for humans~and, one might add, the poet. While remaining true to the Aesopic spirit of depicting scenes of survival of the fittest in a blunt and candid manner, Avianus is fond of hyperbole and the grotesque, and he skillfully employs his hexameters to bring about an ironic twist that often makes the reader question traditional assumptions. Writing at a time when the Roman world was being transformed by the rise of Christianity, Avianus appears to voice doubt about humankind's ability to deal with change. But Avianus's voice was not a voice of despair. Like Aesop, he shows a clear preference in his fables for learning how to survive and for the underdog. These and other parallels between Avianus's world and our own are all the more striking in the splendid verse translations of David Slavitt. Speaking as clearly to us as he did to his Roman contemporaries, Avianus is once again revealed as a shrewd poet who can unmask hypocrisy and overcome adversity every bit as well as his savvy master Aesop.
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The Fables of Avianus
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, (1993)., Baltimore and London, 1993
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Neil Welliver (illustrator). First Edition Thus. A clean, tight, unmarked, fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Neil Welliver (illustrator). 95 pages Translated by David R. Slavitt with a foreword by Jack Zipes ; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 ".
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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The Fables of Avianus
Language: English
Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press November 1993, 1993
ISBN 10: 0801846846 ISBN 13: 9780801846847
Hardcover. Condition: New.
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Aviani Fabulae Classic Reprint
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Aviani Fabulae XXXXII Ad Theodosium Ex Recensione Et Cum Instrumento Critico Classic Reprint
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Rufi Festi Avieni Carmina Qu? Extant Omnia (Classic Reprint)
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Fables of Avianus (Classic Reprint)
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The Fables of Avianus.
Language: English
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1887
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Latin and English text. Brown cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges worn, heavier at corners and spine ends; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Previous owner's name at top of half title page; spotting to front and rear pages; gutter gap at page 96; pages toning along edges; interior clean and unmarked; 151 pages.
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Aviani Fabulae (Classic Reprint)
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Minor Latin Poets, Volume II
Book 1 of 2: Loeb Classical Library: Minor Latin PoetsLanguage: English
Published by Harvard University Press, US, 1934
ISBN 10: 0674994787 ISBN 13: 9780674994782
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Hardback. Condition: New. A miscellany of mostly imperial verse.This two-volume anthology covers a period of four and a half centuries, beginning with the work of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus who flourished ca. 45 BC and ending with the graphic and charming poem of Rutilius Namatianus recording a sea voyage from Rome to Gaul in AD 416. A wide variety of theme gives interest to the poems: hunting in a poem of Grattius; an inquiry into the causes of volcanic activity by the author of Aetna; pastoral poems by Calpurnius Siculus and by Nemesianus; fables by Avianus; a collection of Dicta, moral sayings, as if by the elder Cato; eulogy in Laus Pisonis; and the legend of the Phoenix, a poem of the fourth century. Other poets complete the work.
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Rufi Festi Avieni Carmina Qu? Extant Omnia (Classic Reprint)
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Fables of Avianus (Classic Reprint)
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The Fables of Avianus
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1993
ISBN 10: 0801846846 ISBN 13: 9780801846847
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Translated by David R. Slavitt. Foreword by Jack Zipes. Illustrations by Neil Welliver. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with sunning to the spine and a portion of the back panel.
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The Fables of Avianus
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1993
ISBN 10: 0801846846 ISBN 13: 9780801846847
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Translated by David R. Slavitt. Foreword by Jack Zipes. Illustrations by Neil Welliver. Octavo. Fine in fine dust jacket.Publisher's promotional material laid in.
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Minor Latin Poets, Volume II
Book 1 of 2: Loeb Classical Library: Minor Latin PoetsSeller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
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MINOR LATIN POETS VOLUME II FLORUS HADRI
Book 1 of 2: Loeb Classical Library: Minor Latin PoetsLanguage: English
Published by Harvard University Press, 1934
ISBN 10: 0674994787 ISBN 13: 9780674994782
Condition: NEW.
