SC - De Agricultura

Philip & Susan Troy troy at asan.com
Sat Aug 14 19:33:19 PDT 1999


Gerekr at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Cato on Farming: De Agricultura, a modern translation with commentary, bu
> Andrew Dalby.  Prospect Books, pp. 243, L12.50, ISBN 0-9073-2580-7
<snip
> Hmm, Prospect Books - that's a good sign.  A Facing translation!  Latin
> on the left, translation and notes on the right.  THAT's a good sign!
> Review is by "Dr Toby Musgrave, horticulturist and garden historian".
> 
> Has anyone seen or heard of this?  Know how Dalby is as a translator?

I dunno, I like mine. Dalby seems a competent translator and has
experience with recipes (is also one of the authors of something called
"The Classical Cookbook"). Also excellent annotation.
 
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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