Item Description: | "The Delphic edition of the Breviary treasures consists of 475 copies printed on French hand-made paper, of which this copy is number 451." Ornamental borders. On last page: "End of volume I"; a second volume was apparently never published. The translations are by various poets (Stanley, Cowley, Moore, and others), and, in some instances, two or more versions of the same original are printed together. The text of the genuine poems of Anacreon is given on page facing the translation. |