Old world worthies : or, classical biography / selected from "Plutarch's lives."
1875, First Edition. London ; Edinburgh : William P. Nimmo. Finely bound in contemporary full aniline calf. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine, with spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Raised bands. Coat-of-arms tooled in gilt to front panel - lettering below this has been scratched off. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Marbled endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages; Physical description: xvi, [2], 300 p. , 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: Greece - Biography. Rome - Biography. Item #198470
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