His Various History
by AELIANUS
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- first
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About This Item
London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1665. STANLEY, Thomas. Claudius Aelianus His Various History. London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1665.
First edition. Octavo. 314 pp. (26 pp., The Arguments). Dedicated to Lady Newton.
Modern full brown calf, gilt-stamped red morocco label on spine. Off-setting to first and last few pages. Overall, a very good copy.
Claudius Aelianus (175 AD-235 AD). Roman author and teacher of rhetoric often known for his "honey-tounge."
HBS 64689.
$850.
First edition. Octavo. 314 pp. (26 pp., The Arguments). Dedicated to Lady Newton.
Modern full brown calf, gilt-stamped red morocco label on spine. Off-setting to first and last few pages. Overall, a very good copy.
Claudius Aelianus (175 AD-235 AD). Roman author and teacher of rhetoric often known for his "honey-tounge."
HBS 64689.
$850.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64689
- Title
- His Various History
- Author
- AELIANUS
- Illustrator
- STANLEY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for Thomas Dring
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1665
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics in Translation
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About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...