Like Montaigne before him, Mandel examines the antic mind of his fellowmen, vain, various, and ever-changing, and its peculiar manifestations in an age that embraces ugliness and irrationality. The sixteen pieces in the collection are, literally, 'elaborations'-discursive, associative, meditative-of the author's earlier lyric poems and epigrams, arranged by him to move in an easy way from the autobiographical to matters more general and abstract.
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Like Montaigne before him, Mandel examines the antic mind of his fellowmen, vain, various, and ever-changing, and its peculiar manifestations in an age that embraces ugliness and irrationality. The sixteen pieces in the collection are, literally, 'elaborations'-discursive, associative, meditative-of the author's earlier lyric poems and epigrams, arranged by him to move in an easy way from the autobiographical to matters more general and abstract.
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Very Good in J Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" First edition / First printing. Inscribed / signed by author on front endpaper: "For Beatrice / With friendly regards / Oscar Mandel". Very good in very good dust jacket. 14 x 21cm. hard cover. 308pp. Signed: I Inscribed & Signed By Author.
