Velleius Paterculus: Compendium of Roman History / Res Gestae Divi Augusti
by Paterculus, Velleius & Frederick W. Shipley
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
William Heinemann. Used - Good. 1924. hardcover. 1924 printing. Cloth, no dj. 12mo. xx & 432 pp. Text in English and Latin. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear to boards. Previous owners' inscriptions to ffep, small notations to rear pastedown. Penciled margin notes to text. Good. (Subject: Ancient, Roman Literature).
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
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- C63218
- Title
- Velleius Paterculus: Compendium of Roman History / Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- Author
- Paterculus, Velleius & Frederick W. Shipley
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...