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NICANDER, The Poems and Poetical Fragments. Edited with a Translation and Notes by A.S.F. Gow and A.F. Scholfield. Cambridge at the University Press, London / New York, 1953. XII,247p. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Upper edge publisher's stained. Fore and lower edge vaguely rust stained. Dust wrps a bit edge worn and repaired with acid free adhesive tape. Dust wrps to spine, small part near spine a bit rust stained. First and last pages vaguely rust stained. 'The editors' aim is 'to provide would-be readers with a text, and with first-aid in reading it'; but they do not claim to provide more than first-aid (preface, p.XI). No sensible reader will complain of this. (…) Much of the value of this excellent book must lie in its contribution to the identification of the kinds of beasts and plants mentioned by Nicander. (…) Much valuable material has been collected by the editors and the many experts who have helped them.' (HUGH LLOYD JONES in The Classical Review (New Series), 1954, pp.231-233). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 95.00 (Antiquarian)