Publius Ovidius Naso The artistry of love Warsaw 1922 publ. by the Publishing Company "Vita Nuova" : general typesetting by Gebethner and Wolff 104s. o. half cloth with embossed titling on front cover pp db+ cover scuffing, minimally torn corner of title page, underlining in several places, stamp and signature of Tadeusz Malinowski(Legionary, General of Polish Army) Warsaw Wilcza 63 street and "Falanga" Publishing House W-wa Swietokrzyska 30 For. ca: 21x17 cm "The colorfulness and lightness of description, sense of humor and inexhaustible inventiveness and poetic artistry made Ovid immensely popular with his contemporaries already; in the Middle Ages his love poetry was read." |