Horace: 'The Country, That's the Place to Live!' (Epode II, Beatus ille qui procul negotiis)
George & Helen Macy, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #266553
ISBN: B0006CMGRC
[12] pages. Privately printed for the 'friends and near friends' of the publishers. A poem in iambic meter about a roman businessman who dreams of giving up the rat race of city life for a leisurely life of a country patriarch with a wife who cares for the cattle. English translation from the Latin by George Macy. First edition (first printing). Green cloth with gold lettering on cover. A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Foxing to endpapers and page edges.
Price: $30.00
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