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Catullus Carmen 17.6 and other mysteries : a study in editorial conflict, eccentricity, forgery, and restitution : with a checklist of significant printed editions of Catullus in Latin, 1472-2005 / Arthur Freeman.
LIBRA PA6047.F74 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Arthur, 1938-2025, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Carmen 17.
- Catullus, Gaius Valerius.
- Catullus, Gaius Valerius--Bibliography.
- Latin poetry--History and criticism.
- Latin poetry.
- Literary forgeries and mystifications.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 86 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Distribution:
- London : Bernard Quaritch Ltd
- Place of Publication:
- London : [Arthur Freeman], 2020.
- Summary:
- "This partly historical, partly philological essay offers a general account of the early preservation, post-medieval recovery, and Renaissance evolution of the text of Catullus, with specific reference to one speculative reading in Carmen 17 ('De Colonia'), and certain humanist twists and forgeries that accompanied its long editorial history. Accompanying the narrative is a substantial bibliographical appendix that provides a checklist of significant editions of Catullus in Latin from 1475 to the present day, with brief notes of relevance and location"--Distributor's website.
- Notes:
- "A second footnote to Bibliotheca fictiva."
- "Designed and typeset by J.I. Freeman. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Blissets, London"--Page facing title page.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0993376231
- 9780993376238
- OCLC:
- 1198019334
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