This hardcover edition is part of the Tredition Classics series. The Hamburg-based publisher Tredition releases works from over two millennia in this book series. Many of these works were largely out of print or only available as antiquarian copies. With Tredition Classics, Tredition aims to reissue thousands of classics from world literature in various languages as printed books, worldwide. The book series serves to preserve literature and promote culture, thereby helping to ensure that many thousands of works do not fall into oblivion.