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London: Temple Publishing Co, 1900. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Good+ in stiff white paper wrappers with title to front wrapper. Front wrapper is torn in half but has been repaired with archival tape. Browning to exterior. Minor towning to exterior. Text is clean and bright. 121 pages. LIT/080508.

Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1726. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Xenophon (c. 430 - c. 355 BCE) was a Greek philosopher, historian, and commander of the Greek army. He was also a student and friend of Socrates, and is considered to be one of the best writers of antiquity. This is his partially fictious biography of Cyrus the Great. The Greek and the later Latin translation have been revised and corrected by Thomas Hutchinson based on reviewing the Codex manscript at Oxford. This volume is printed in Greek and Latin. It includes a full page engraved frontispiece and one folding map showing Persia and the Middle East. Rebacked with modern leather spine over the original full leather boards. Black and gilt title label to spine reading simply: "Xenophontis." Gilt devices, rules, and raised bands to spine. Modern headbands, original endpapers, and modern linen cloth strips reinforcing both hinges. Wear and rubbing to boards, corners, and edges. Bookplate of George Benson Weston to front pastedown… Read More