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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 355.
Published by Willen Van De Water 1686-87, Utrecht, 1686
First Edition
Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. [8], 108, [12],51, [7], 71, [6] pp. Indices following each section. Octavo. Title page for each part, the first dated 1687, the second two 1686. Contemporary diced calf with triple gilt ruling, spine compartments with gilt, marbled edges, matching marbled end papers, silk page marker still present. Head and tail pieces. Leather is rubbed at extremities, spine gilt mostly gone and spine a bit rubbed, head of spine rubbed. Interior front cover has bookplate of William Markham ( 1719-1807) , the archbishop of York and the namesake for the town in Ontario. Overall title page has a bit of chipping at bottom edge. Paper is clean and unmarked saved for the occasional light foxing. A collection of philological studies of subjects from Greek antiquity, including a study of the Piraeus harbour, as well as the editio princeps of the grammarian Helladius Byzantinus (4th century) , by the Dutch scholarJohannes van Meurs (1579-1639). In Latin with frequent Greek. A nice copy with pleasing provenance. OCLC 1190997120 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.