Lucanus [Civilis belli]

New edition. Printed in italics. Title page within a Renaissance engraved border.
Full red morocco binding, 18th century. Spine with raised bands richly decorated with small tools. Dotted fillet border on covers with corner tools and small tools. Decorative gilt board-edges. Edges gilt. Rubbing to joints and corners. Handsome contemporary binding. Fine copy.
The Pharsalia or Civil Wars (between Pompey and Caesar) is the only preserved work by Lucan, an unfinished epic poem in ten cantos.