Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas
by Walter Pater
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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South Lyon, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
A.L. Burt Co, 1940. Hardcover. Good. no publication date stated, circa 1940; New York; red cloth covered boards with gold titles; spine is faded; light edge and corner wear; some light rubbing; interior has some markings in the margins; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 429 pages
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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- A Squared Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JD0875
- Title
- Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas
- Author
- Walter Pater
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Co
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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