Decimus Iunius - D

Rare Latin edition intended to convey two of the principal voices of Roman satire, in an erudite context where establishing the text, correcting the readings, and comparing manuscripts occupy an essential place - The work first gathers the sixteen satires traditionally attributed to Juvenal, the Latin poet of the late 1st and early 2nd century AD, whose oeuvre constitutes one of the sharpest critiques of imperial Roman society - Across his texts, Juvenal observes the behaviors, ambitions, and vices of the society of his time with irony often biting, denouncing the corruption of morals, the unbridled pursuit of money, the taste for luxury, abuses of power, flattery, marriages of convenience, social rivalries, debauchery, intellectual pretensions, and the inequalities between the different strata of the population - Decimus Iunius - D. Ivn. Ivvenalis et Avli Persii Flacci Satyrae. ex doct. virorum emendatione - SD (circa 1671) - Danielem Elzeverii - 119 Pages. Etat moyen de la reliure, ouvrage broché dans sa pleine couverture souple bleu d'origine, frottements d'usage, quelques défauts mineurs sur la couverture, dos cassé et couverture presque détachée de l’ouvrage, coins usés, tranches mouchetées - Bon état intérieur, quelques rousseurs et traces d'anciennes mouillures, superbe titre-gravé, bon exemplaire - Service de livraison assuré sous quelques jours -

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