The Collection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum. Part I: Attika
by Hicks, E.L. ; British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- An ex-library copy with a casenumber at the foot of the front board, a label on the front pastedown endpaper and a small 'x&
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1874. Cloth-backed boards, paper spine-and cover-labels, folio, 43 cm,. [4], 160, [1] pp, 3 plates. Contents: I. Decrees; II. Finance ; III. Military; IV. Gymnastic ; V. Imperial ; VI. Statues and Dedications; VII. Ritual; VIII. Gravestones. An ex-library copy with a casenumber at the foot of the front board, a label on the front pastedown endpaper and a small 'x' on the front free endpaper, blindstamp on the title-page and one or two others, boards and top edge duststained and a little worn at extremities, cloth slightly darkened, endpapers agetoned, otherwise Good. ,.
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- Seller
- Wykeham Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-52821
- Title
- The Collection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum. Part I: Attika
- Author
- Hicks, E.L. ; British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed boards, paper spine-and cover-labels, folio, 43 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - An ex-library copy with a casenumber at the foot of the front board, a label on the front pastedown endpaper and a small 'x&
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1874
- Date Published
- 1874
- Pages
- [4], 160, [1] pp, 3 plates
- Keywords
- Inscriptions, Greek. British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities., Newton, C. T. Hicks, Edward Lee Attika
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient History;
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
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LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
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