the aeneid translated by robert fitzgerald

* A long-awaited literary event, Robert Fitzgerald's translation of 'The Aeneid' took its place beside his 'Iliad' & 'Odyssey', both acknowledged masterpieces in their own right. SPLENDID: CLASSIC, INDISPENSABLE: FINE virtually AS-NEW copy of the true Stated First Edition (First printing) of Robert Fitzgerald's masterpiece of translation, unusual in its nearly impeccable condition BUT MARRED ONLY by neatly price-clipped inside-top-front flyleaf & by name & 'from' inscription at top-right inside-front end-paper (all else IMPECCABLE): FINE price-clipped mylar-protected gloss-laminated jacket superbly ELEGANT in presentation featuring illustrated front panel displaying Virgil from the Della Valle relief on the garden wall of the Villa Medici) & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top & bottom edges & cut-page-style deckle side-edging, NEW black linen-over-boards cover w/ EXCELLENT NEW edges & corners & medallion of Virgil stamp-engraved black-on-black at top center of front panel w/ titles in elegantly spare silver-stamping on spine, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & crimson & black-checked cloth headbands at spine-caps, Apart from inscription cited above IMPECCABLE strikingly lavender card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior BEAUTIFULLY printed on SUPERB unblemished silk-finish archival paper * 6.50' x 9.50 x 1.26', 0.92 kg, x+402 (412) pp.

The aeneid translated by robert fitzgerald