Antique Hardcover Book “The Latin Portrait”

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Number 814 of limited edition (of 1050 for sale in England and 500 in the USA). Published in 1929

This … Read more Number 814 of limited edition (of 1050 for sale in England and 500 in the USA). Published in 1929

This work contains a collection of classical poetry by Romans as various as Lucretius, Ovid, and the emperor Hadrian, here turned into English by 69 different translators. Our editor, George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967), was a civil servant by profession, knighted in 1951. He had received a classical education and enjoyed translating and editing Greek and Latin texts as an avocation. Hamilton chose each translation for this anthology based on its ability to bring the Latin language to life, containing, in his words, "the vigor and freshness of creation." The translators here include famed cartographer John Ogilby, poet laureate Nicholas Rowe, and Patrick Branwell Brontë (brother of the novelists), among others. See less