Book #54688

Of Eloquence: Studies in Ancient and Mediaeval Rhetoric - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Harry Caplan

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Ithaca And London: Cornell University Press, 1970.

Price: $60.00

A Fine first edition/first printing in a price-clipped dust-jacket with some soiling, else Near Fine.

This book is a collection of essays on rhetoric and its history from ancient Greece and Rome to the Middle Ages. The author covers a variety of topics, from the origins of rhetoric to its use in political debate and legal cases.; 8vo; 289 pages.