Giovenale Decimo Giulio. - Le Satire di Giuvenale. - 1806

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Giovenale Decimo Giulio. Le Satire di Giuvenale, in two volumes, bound in blueish soft covers, Latin text with Italian facing translation, 432 pages, 18 by 12 cm, Venezia presso Sebastiano Valle, 1806, in excellent condition.

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Juvenal, Decimus Iunius. Satire of Juvenal reduced into Italian verse by Melchior Cesarotti. Venice at Sebastiano Valle, 1806. Rare edition of the famous collection of eight satires by the great Latin poet translated into vernacular Italian and annotated by Melchiorre Cesarotti. The satirical poems cover a variety of themes—from indignation at the corruption of manners, to invectives against women, from discourses on lost morality and the necessary moderation of passions to the description of human perversions—always with a caustic and sarcastic tone. Two volumes. Blue-azzurrina period-style softcover binding. Latin text with Italian facing translation. Dimensions 18x12 cm, pages 432 (continuous pagination for the two volumes). Excellent condition.

Juvenal, Decimus Iunius. Satire of Juvenal reduced into Italian verse by Melchior Cesarotti. Venice at Sebastiano Valle, 1806. Rare edition of the famous collection of eight satires by the great Latin poet translated into vernacular Italian and annotated by Melchiorre Cesarotti. The satirical poems cover a variety of themes—from indignation at the corruption of manners, to invectives against women, from discourses on lost morality and the necessary moderation of passions to the description of human perversions—always with a caustic and sarcastic tone. Two volumes. Blue-azzurrina period-style softcover binding. Latin text with Italian facing translation. Dimensions 18x12 cm, pages 432 (continuous pagination for the two volumes). Excellent condition.

Details

Number of Books
2
Subject
Literature, Poetry
Book Title
Le Satire di Giuvenale.
Author/ Illustrator
Giovenale Decimo Giulio.
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1806
Height
18 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
12 cm
Language
Italian, Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Venezia presso Sebastiano Valle
Binding/ Material
Softback
Number of pages
432
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Objects sold
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