Marius the Epicurean:His Sensations and Ideas; 2 Volumes
by Pater, Walter
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1903. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volumes bound in original cloth. Some minor scattered foxing. Volume 1 with bookplate of Robert F. Causland. 243pp. + 224pp..
Synopsis
Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel by Walter Pater (published 1885), set in the Rome of the Antonines. It elaborates Pater's ideal of the aesthetic life, his cult of beauty tempered by asceticism, and his theory of the stimulating effect of the pursuit of beauty as an ideal in itself.
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- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061161
- Title
- Marius the Epicurean:His Sensations and Ideas; 2 Volumes
- Author
- Pater, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pater Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
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