Buy this book on-line LANDOR, Walter Savage (1775-1864) : An Autograph Six-line Latin Poem,, Signed Landor
Presumably originally in an album, as the first line runs "Non quod eras forma praestantur omnibus, Anna....." Mounted on card, in Landor's characteristic bold hand, with one correction in the final line. Landor wrote over three hundred Latin poems, political tracts and essays, but these have generally been ignored in the collections of his work. Landor found Latin useful for expressing things that might otherwise have been "indecent or unattractive" as he put it and as a cover for libellous material. Fellow classical scholars of the time put Landor’s Latin work on a par with his English writing. A scarce and attractive example, seemingly unpublished Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of LANDOR, Walter Savage (1775-1864) : An Autograph Six-line Latin Poem,, Signed Landor. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, livres d'occasion, rare books, livres rares and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |