Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric, Book Three, signed by Bishop John Hume. This item is unavailable.Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric, Book Three, signed by Bishop John Hume

Very good leather boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for bookplate on marbled front paste down, and writing on 2 pages including a 1777 date. No dust jacket but covered in clear MYLAR which has been scotch taped to paste downs. 199pp. plus index. Text in Greek. Wear to spine. Red side page edge. Foxing on endpapers. Pencil writing says "originally from the library of the bishop of Salisbury (John Hume)." The book plate says N Vansittart, and the pencil writing says Chancellor of the Exchequer 1813". Signed J Hume Bp: of Sarum 1777 on endpaper in pen. (Sarum is another name for Salisbury.).