Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1890. Octavo, contemporary full tree-calf prize binding, brown spine label, marbled endpapers and edges. Armorial crest and motto of Charterhouse School ("Deo Dante Dedi") on the front board. A few faint scratches to rear board. Item #10090
"Often I sang this, and even out of the grave will I cry it: Drink, before you put on this raiment of dust." This anthology of classical epigrams is printed in Greek and English, and grouped by theme: "Love," "Prayers and Dedications," "Epitaphs," "Literature and Art," "Religion," "Nature," "The Family," "Beauty," "Fate and Change," "The Human Comedy," "Death" and "Life." A beautiful copy.
Price: $350.00