BIRDS & BEASTS OF THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY

by Norman Douglas

$375 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books

London: Chapman and Hall, 1928. First Trade Edition. Douglas's descriptive treatise on the fauna of the Greek Anthology. In his introduction, he mentions his intention to include domestic animals in his survey, which he abandoned; The wild animals must suffice for the moment; there are some hundred and fifty-three of them, and the references to them amount to close upon six hundred. This trade edition, revised and

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