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1547 PUNIC WAR EPIC POEM by Silius Italicus POETRY antique 16th century RARE

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1744 THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: A POEM antique in ENGLISH 1st EDITION rare: First edition A poem on food, exercise, and general well-being, written by a doctor By John Armstrong London, Printed for A. Millar; 1744 Size 8 by 10" 134 pages Marbled covers with leather spine and

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1575 JULIUS CAESAR WAR COMMENTARY ILLUSTRATED ANTIQUE VELLUM BOUND FOLIO rare: Civilii Caesaris Rerum Gestarum Comentarii XIV Nempe: C. Iulii Caes. de Bello Gallico, Comm. VII. A. Hirtii de Eodem, Liber I. C. Iul. Caes. de Bel. Civ. Pompeiano, Comm. III. A. Hirtii de Bel Alexand

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1547 PUNIC WAR EPIC POEM by Silius Italicus POETRY antique 16th century RARE

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Silius Italicus Gaius
De Bello Punico libri septemdecim
Lugduni: apud Seb. Gryphium, 1547
Size 3 by 5" (118x66 mm).
430 pp
18th century leather binding with gilt title to the spine
Very good interior condition, minor wear of binding
Text in Latin

Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (c. 26 – c. 101 AD) was a Roman senator, orator and epic poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature.
His only surviving work is the 17-book Punica, an epic poem about the Second Punic War and the longest surviving poem in Classical Latin at over 12,000 lines.

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1547 PUNIC WAR EPIC POEM by Silius Italicus POETRY antique 16th century RARE

Name: 1547 PUNIC WAR EPIC POEM by Silius Italicus POETRY antique 16th century RARE
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