THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE, 2 VOLS, 1774, OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1ST EDITION.
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The Grecian History, From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great. By Dr. Goldsmith.
In Two Volumes. By Oliver Goldsmith. London; J and F Rivington, 1774.
Pages; (4), 399, (1) / (2), 284, (64). Dimensions; 220 by 136mm.
This is a first edition of Goldsmith's Grecian History, complete in 2 volumes.
Original full leather bindings, leather cracking at the spine edges- the front covers are loosening- vol 2 front cover is pretty much held by... the strings- vol 1 front cover slightly less so- handle with a little care. The text is complete, bright and tidy internally, light toning and marking.
A history of ancient Greece. Vol 1 includes; Greece in earliest times, history of Greece from the time of Solon, the Persian wars, Xerxes, Peloponnesian war, Vol 2 contains a history of Philip of Macedon from 44- 126, then of Alexander the Great 127-284.
Original owners bookplate of Thomas Brooke, on the period marbled endpapers.
* UK; 2nd class signed £4.40Airmail signed Europe; £14.90Airmail signed Rest of the world £20.10/ Australia & NZ signed £21.50
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