Guide to the Arthur Sanders Way's English verse translation of Lucretius' "De rerum natura", n.d.

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Guide to the Arthur Sanders Way's English verse translation of Lucretius' "De rerum natura", n.d.

Collection number: M0283

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California

Contact Information

  • Department of Special Collections
  • Green Library
  • Stanford University Libraries
  • Stanford, CA 94305-6004
  • Phone: (650) 725-1022
  • Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
  • URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Processed by:
Special Collections staff
Date Completed:
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Encoded by:
C. Del Anderson
© 1998 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Arthur Sanders Way's English verse translation of Lucretius' "De rerum natura",
Date (inclusive): n.d.
Collection number: Special Collections M0283
Creator: Way, Arthur Sanders, 1847-1930
Extent: N/A
Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

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Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Previously owned by Russel M. Greer. Purchased by Stanford, 1987.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Arthur Sanders Way's English verse translation of Lucretius' "De rerum natura", M0283, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

English language translator of the classics; produced verse translations of nearly the entire Greek and Latin poetic corpus. At his death he left behind several unpublished works which were issued posthumously, this being one.

Scope and Content

Apparently the typesetter's copy for the Wessex Press edition of 1933 (published by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London).