M.T. Ciceronis Fragmenta Ad Optimos Codices Et Editionem J. Vict. Leclerc (Bibliotheca Classica Latina) [1831 Edition]
by Cicero, N.E. Lemaire (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Colligebat Nicolaus Eligius Lemaire. Used - Very Good. 1831. Colligebat Nicolaus Eligius Lemaire. Three quarters cloth over marbled boards, spine in six compartments with gilt raised bands, second and fourth compartments with gilt lettering, octavo, 566 pp. Marbled endpapers. Boards mildly bowed and have some light scuffing. Gentle rubbing to leather joints. Some toning and dust discoloration to top edge of text block. Pages are generally clean, with very little scattered foxing. Nice tight binding. Overall, Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Roman Literature.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR20436
- Title
- M.T. Ciceronis Fragmenta Ad Optimos Codices Et Editionem J. Vict. Leclerc (Bibliotheca Classica Latina) [1831 Edition]
- Author
- Cicero, N.E. Lemaire (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Colligebat Nicolaus Eligius Lemaire
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Marbled boards
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- Text Block
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- Raised Band(s)
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