The Georgics

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The Georgics
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Georgics

Virgil
Edition year 1969
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Nigel Lambourne
Translator K.R. Mackenzie
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 96
Dimensions 25.2 × 16 cm

Edition details

The Georgics, by Publius Vergilius Maro. Translated by K.R. Mackenzie. 5 leaves of soft-ground etchings by Nigel Lambourne. Full pale brown canvas binding decorated in brown. Orange endleaves. Brown slipcase. 25.2x16cm. 96pp.

About the book

Virgil's Georgics is a great work of Latin poetry devoted to farming, nature and humanity's relationship with the land. Divided into four books, it considers agriculture, vines and trees, livestock and beekeeping while combining practical instruction with mythology, philosophy and poetic reflection. Far more than a simple farming manual, the poem explores labour, order, hardship and the fragile balance between human civilisation and the natural world. Written during a period of political upheaval in Rome, the Georgics also reflects on renewal and stability, making it one of Virgil's richest and most influential works.

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