Plutarch's lives: volume the first
by Plutarch
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
-
GLEBE, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London.: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand., 1727. hardcover. fair. Hardcover. Brown full leather worn tooled boards with scuffing, crack along one side of spine and tears at spine extremities. Early owner's ink inscription on endpaper (1765) with cost of the full 8 volumes of 1 pound 10 shillings. From the library of Barry Humphries (per ex libris sticker). Red /black title page plus engravings and decorated chapter headings. Pages are good with minor staining at edges. Condition is good. Sappho - above Modern & Contemporary Angus 7/15 Cathal 03/20 Cathal 3/23
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sappho Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65009
- Title
- Plutarch's lives: volume the first
- Author
- Plutarch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1727
- Pages
- 408pp.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Sappho Books
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GLEBE, New South Wales
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