Du Sublime

Lebègue, Henri (Texte établi et traduit par). Du Sublime. Paris: Société d’Edition “Les Belles Lettres”, 1965. Troisième tirage (Third Printing). Octavo. XXVII, 71pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers with black lettering on front cover and spine, and printer’s device on front and back cover. Printer’s device on title-page. Fascinating work which focuses on the effect of good writing. Longinus, sometimes referred to as pseudo-Longinus because his real name is unknown, was a Greek teacher of rhetoric or a literary critic who may have lived in the first or third century AD. Longinus is known only for his treatise “On the Sublime.” Text in French and Greek. Wrappers and interior in very good condition. g. Softcover. (26303) $45