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XENOPHONTIS DE CYRI EXPEDITIONE LIBRI SEPTEM, A THOMA HUTCHINSON
by Xenophon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: J. Nicholson, et al., 1785. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hutchinson translation of the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon (c.430-c.355). It gives an account of the expedition of the Ten Thousand, an army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger to help him seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II, in 401 BC. Text in Greek and Latin. Quarto: lix, 598 p. with a color folding frontispiece map. In a one-half brown calf over marbled paper binding, with gilt and blind stamping, four raised bands, and yellow endpapers. The binding has been expertly rebacked with the remaining portions of the spine laid down and restoration to the corners. Occasional purple pencil marginalia, with a previous owner's ink signature and an ink inscription to the front flyleaf. Some general shelfwear to the boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75906
- Title
- XENOPHONTIS DE CYRI EXPEDITIONE LIBRI SEPTEM, A THOMA HUTCHINSON
- Author
- Xenophon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- J. Nicholson, et al.
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1785
- Keywords
- Ancient History, Classical Studies, Xenophon, Cyrus the Younger, Persia, Near East, Military History
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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