A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY; CONTAINING A COPIOUS ACCOUNT OF ALL THE PROPER NAMES MENTIONED IN ANCIENT AUTHORS; With the Value of Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used Among the Greeks and Romans; And a Chronological Table. First American From the Sixth London Ed
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Hardcover. Fair. [FIRST EDITION] New York : Printed for D. & G. Bruce, (etc.), 1809. Hardcover in full calf boards. The First American Edition (from the sixth London edition). xxviii, [736] pages printed in double columns. A "binder's copy" with cracked spine, binding loose, front board detached, tape remains and wear to boards, blank end-pages torn, bookplate on front paste-down, scattered marking to end-sheets, etc. etc., otherwise appears complete (though not collated). (fr)
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- A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY; CONTAINING A COPIOUS ACCOUNT OF ALL THE PROPER NAMES MENTIONED IN ANCIENT AUTHORS; With the Value of Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used Among the Greeks and Romans; And a Chronological Table. First American From the Sixth London Ed
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