Author
Thucydides
Uniform title
History of the Peloponnesian War
Title
Thucydidis De bello peloponnesiaco libri octo, : ad optimorum librorum fidem, ex veterum notationibus recentiorum observationibus recensuit, argumentis et adnotatione perpetua illustravit, indices et tabulas chronologicas adjecti, atque de vita auctoris praefatus est Franciscus Goeller, Dr. Philos. Prof. Gymn. Colon. ad Rhen. Vol. I.[-II].
Imprint
Londini: : veneunt apud Ricardum Priestley., MDCCCXXXV. [1835]
Physical description
2 v. : frontispiece portrait ; 22 cm
Note
Frontispiece portrait in vol. 1 signed R. Roffe.
Language
Text in Greek, introduction and notes in Latin.
Provenance
"W. Greenslade" inscribed on title pages of both volumes.
Provenance
Bookplate of Henry Parr Hamilton (1794-1880), with inscription “Henry Parr Hamilton, F.R.S. Dean of Salisbury”.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century tan calf over paper boards; blind and gilt fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards; spine with five raised bands, and gilt and blind fillets; text block edges sprinkled brown; blind roll on turn-ins; marbled endleaves; green leather spine labels with "Thucydidis Opera." and "Goeller. Vol. I. [-II.]".
Subject
Greece (Place) History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Added entry--name
Goeller, Franciscus, 1790-1853 editor.
Added entry--name
Greenslade, W. former owner.
Added entry--name
Hamilton, Henry Parr, 1794-1880 former owner.
Added entry--name
Priestley, Richard, active 1808-1835 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
B13433
UKSbSC
20210705141940.3