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THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE, ITS COLONIES, AND CONQUESTS; from the Earliest Accounts Till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the Earth. Including the History and Literature , Philosophy, and The Fine Art. [complete in Four Volumes bound in four]
by Gillies, John. LL. D. F.A.S
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1787. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo (13 X 21cm). pp. vol. I: xii, 515, engraved frontispiece plate, fold out map; vol. II: viii, 413, fold out map; and vol. III: viii, 522; vol. IV: vii 452, complete index. Finely bound in brown calf, title and vol. no. labels to the spines (number label missing to vol. III), spines with six gilt decorated compartments. Bindings good with some general wear, vol. 1 hinges sound with a little superficial cracking, joints with a little cracking to top and bottom of the spine, all other volumes sound, corners a little worn and rounded. Contents clean and tight, private bookplate to the front pastedowns belonging to John Clayton, no inscriptions, some spotting to first few pages, majority of text block very clean and unmarked, no inscriptions. A good set..
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- Title
- THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE, ITS COLONIES, AND CONQUESTS; from the Earliest Accounts Till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the Earth. Including the History and Literature , Philosophy, and The Fine Art. [complete in Four Volumes bound in four]
- Author
- Gillies, John. LL. D. F.A.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- A. Strahan and T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1787
- Size
- 8vo (13 X 21cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - World;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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