1953; Translated by John Dryden; Introduction by George F. Whicher; Illustrations by Bruno Bramanti. original Sandglass Number III:18 flyer inside front; very good condition of book and boards; black slipcase very good.
 
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The Georgics is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek word γεωργικά, geōrgiká, i.e. "agricultural (things)") the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from being an example of peaceful rural poetry, it is a work characterized by tensions in both theme and purpose.
 
The Georgics is considered Virgil's second major work, following his Eclogues and preceding the Aeneid. The poem draws on a variety of prior sources and has influenced many later authors from antiquity to the present.