The Crown The Philippics and Ten Other Orations EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY # 546 by Demosthenes - 1911

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1911. First Edition . Leather or Leatherette. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. FIRST EDITION EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY # 546 . Translated with introduction by Charles Rann-Kennedy. Fine burgundy limp leather. Bright gilt titles and decoration. Gilt top edge. Bookmark ribbon. Slight use, previous owner name inside. [n.d., 1911], 12mo, xv, [1], 292pp. Temple Press, 1/1//U Seymour, 1911 correct first edition date same as RG4. "The great oration 'On the Crown' which occupies Part I of this volume was Demosthenes' vindication of himself after Aeschines' attack on his public life. Part II contains fourteen of Demosthenes' political speeches, including the three 'Olynthiacs,' and the four 'Philippics,' which were delivered to alert the Athenians to the danger in which their State stood from Philip of Macedon; the other speeches are: 'On the Peace,' 'On the Chersonese,' 'On the Letter,' 'On the Duties of the State,' 'On the Navy Boards,' 'On the Liberty of the Rhodians,' 'For the Megalopolitans.' In addition to notes, the volume contains a Chronological Abstract of Events during the life of Demosthenes, and an appendix on Athenian Money and Mines." RG4