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2191
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$1,815.00
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Revised: 8/3/2017
Please Note: The main image in the catalog is wrong, the frontice piece on the left side belongs to Lot 2194 NOT Lot 2191. Images have been corrected online. BOOKS: SIX VOLUMES OF THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, BY GIBBON, LONDON 1777-89, AND ONE VOLUME OF THE HISTORY OF THE GRECIAN WAR (PELOPONNESIAN WARRE): IN EIGHT BOOKS WRITTEN BY THUCYDIDES, TRANSLATED BY THOMAS HOBBES, LONDON, 1656.1-6) Leather bound, Volume 1 is the third edition 1777, Volume 2-3 1789, Volume 4-6 1788. Volume 2 has map of the Eastern Part of the Roman Empire. Volume 3 has a map of the Western part of the Roman Empire. 7) Title page with engraved illustration, map of ancient Greece included (small tear in margin), also an engraving titled “Platea”, also another fold out map “Antient Sicele”, also a fold out map of “Syracvse”. Page 227 is misnumbered (247). Rebound. Complete with 357 pages plus the table. SIZE: 1-6) 11-1/2″ x 9″. 7) 13″ x 8″. CONDITION: 1-6) Bindings intact with losses and imperfections. Interior very good with Library stamp to title pages. 7) Very good. 52075-1 (2,500-3,500) – Lot 2191
Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques Auction - August 2017 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day. |