World Epigram. In Russian

World Epigram. In Russian/Vsemirnaya epigramma. This four-volume anthology is an unprecedented (in volume) collection of epigrams, poetic puns, and satirical epitaphs from grey-haired antiquity to the present day. Volume one opens with the epigrams of the genres ancestors, Greece. It is followed by Ancient Rome and the East. Volume two includes epigrams from novel-speaking countries, particularly France, Italy and Spain, and the third German-speaking countries of Europe, as well as America, Australia, and the humor of African, Finno-Ugric, Slavic, and other peoples. Volume four contains both original Russian epigrams and excellent translations into Russian of foreign Perls of wit, presented for the first time in full detail. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book. SKUalb8e76c921d71a8335.