W. W. Norton & Company, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. stated. 177 pages plus 21 front matter pages including Introduction (by the translator, covering Epicureanism and other philosophical and political context in which the poem was written) and Note on This Translation, with Brief Bibliography. Copley, Professor Emeritus of Latin at the University of Michigan, translated De Rerum Natura from the Latin hexameter of Lucretius into "a somewhat loosened form" of iambic pentameter (as he had done with Virgil's Aeneid), and into "contemporary English", the back cover blurb states. Trade paperback, very slight curl to front cover, scarcely worn except for page-turning smudge at bottom corner. Bookstore price in pencil on ffep, interior pages unmarked.

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Bookseller: Berthoff Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: WBB-1080
Title: The Nature of Things
Author: Lucretius, tr. Frank O. Copley
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0393090949
ISBN 13: 9780393090949
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1977
Keywords: TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS, DE RERUM NATURA, EPICUREANS, FEAR OF DEATH
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry; Philosophy; Classical literature;

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