Turner, E.G.

Greek Papyri: An Introduction

Oxford: Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #002364

xii, 220 p.p., [2 p.p. B&W maps]. 8 B&W plates. Green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Dust jacket is sunned at spines and edges, damp stain to front, chip to rear, price clipped. Text edges foxed, but interior is clean and unmarked. The author, a professor of papyrology at University College London, tells the story of the rediscovery in relatively recent times of Greek and Latin texts on papyrus, examines the physical properties of papyrus as a writing material, and discusses the preliminary work required for an edition of a papyrus text.

Price: $100.00