Stace - P. Statii Papinii Opera quae extant - 1595

Rarest humanist edition of the surviving works of the Latin poet Stace (Publius Papinius Statius), mainly gathering the Thebaid, the Achilleid, and the Silvae, in a scholarly volume intended for Renaissance scholars eager to recover the epic and lyric poetry of imperial Rome in its most complete and most critical possible state -

The work opens with the Thebaid, a vast epic poem in twelve cantos devoted to the legend of Oedipus’ sons, Eteocles and Polynices, whose rivalry for the throne of Thebes triggers a fratricidal war of extreme violence, in which battles, alliances, betrayals, and divine interventions unfold, recalling both the Homeric and Virgilian heritage -

The narrative traces the progression of the conflict, from political preparations and family curses to the bloody battles between the Argive and Theban armies, emphasizing the fate that weighs on the characters and the impossibility of escaping the will of the gods and the tragic destiny imposed by the house of Oedipus -

Stace - P. Statii Papinii Opera quae extant - 1595 - Plantiniana, Viduam & Ioannem Moretum -
429 Pages.

Good binding condition, work in its full brown contemporary morocco, wear from use, some minor defects on boards and spine, front hinge split or cracked, title piece missing, caps missing, corners worn, foxing on edges, red-edged, spine with ornamental raised bands -

Good interior condition, browning, some foxing and stains, old handwritten annotations in the text, superb vignette on the title page, beautiful initial, marbled endpapers in decent condition, good copy -

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