Metcalfe Frederick Translator (3 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gallus: Front hinge weakening. Both volumes: Some loss to spine head and to spine base, ink stamp and ink name on front endpapers. 1876 Hard Cover. xxi, 535; xxi, 512 pp. Two volume set. Wilhelm Adolf Becker's classics works on life in ancient Greece and Rome, translated from the German by Rev. Frederick Metcalfe.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Fourth Edition. School Armorial Binding, full split tree calf, black morocco title label, raised bands, gilt title, gilt tooled and ruled decorations, marbled endpaper, all edges marbled, (5.5" x 8"). 512 pages with Index. Finely bound by Riviere. Previous owner's bookplate of Frederick Hugh Capron, else an exceptional copy of a Greek classic Size: Octavo.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. An interesting insight into the Roman times of Augustus, translated from the original German. A second edition of the English translation, translated from the original German of W. A. Becker by Frederick Metcalfe.The original German edition of this work was published in 1838 and opened up fresh ground within the field of Roman Antiquities. This work is an interesting insight into the Roman times of Augustus with notes of the manners and customs of the Romans.With a catalogue to the rear.Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown for S. Sproston. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the joints and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and a mark to the rear board. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown for S. Sproston and inscription to the page after the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly age toned but remain clean. Firmly bound. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…