Bruno bramanti illustrator (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st ed, 1st printing] xv, 154 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm OCLC 1828555 ; decorative green and gold cloth in slipcase ; "Based upon the . edition of ?The Georgics' printed by the Officina Bodoni at Verona for the Limited Editions Club." ; As Virgil's epitaph states, he wrote successively of pastoral life, of country things, and of deeds of arms. His final masterpiece, in which he related the legend of the coming of Trojan refugees to Italy, both foretold the glory of imperial Rome and measured the human cost of 'the doubtful doom of man'. He is said to have considered it far from finished at the time of his death. Previously he had perfected and published a different kind of poem, The Georgics, which is loosely comparable to such English poems as James Thomson's The Seasons and William Cowper's The Task. ; illustrations throughout by Bruno Bramanti(1897 - 1957) ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Virgil's classic didactic poem. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with black and white wood engravings. Boldly signed by engraver Bruno Bramanti and printer Giovanni Mardersteig of Verona at the Officina Bodoni on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Translated into English verse by prominent English translator, playwright, and poet John Dryden. Illustrated by Bruno Bramanti. Virgilâs Georgics is a didactic epic that weaves together agricultural instruction with philosophical reflection and political commentary, illustrating the Roman ideal of labor as both a moral and civic virtue. Composed in the aftermath of civil war and dedicated to Augustus, the four books explore farming, viticulture, animal husbandry, and beekeeping, presenting rural life as a source of stability and renewal for a fractured society. While ostensibly practical, the poem transcends its instructional form through its poetic richness and engagement with themes of human struggle, the unpredictability of nature, and the tension between order and chaos. Drawing on Hesiodic and Alexandrian models, Virgil transforms the agricultural treatise into a profound meditation on Roman identity, making the Georgics a cornerstone of Augustan literature and a testament to the cultural and ethical dimensions of the land.…