Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas
by Walter Pater
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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A$374.48A$337.03
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1929 . Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 12.5" by 10". Thomas Mackenzie. A beautifully illustrated two volume edition of Walter Pater's novel, with one plate signed by the illustrator, Thomas Mackenzie. A beautifully bound and illustrated edition of Walter Pater's philosophical novel.A limited edition, this is one of 325 copies produced.The first plate of volume I is signed in pencil by the illustrator, Thomas Mackenzie.Illustrated with sixteen plates across two volumes. Collated, complete.This work is a historical and philosophical novel first published in 1885, but set in 161177 AD, in the Rome of the Antonines. It explores the intellectual development of its protagonist, a young Roman. In the publisher's original quarter vellum binding, with paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with significant spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed
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
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 904F10
- Title
- Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas
- Author
- Walter Pater
- Illustrator
- Thomas Mackenzie
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 12.5" by 10"
- Keywords
- Marius the Epicurean: his sensations and ideas philosophical novel Antonines Aesculapius philosophical novel
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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