Longus: Literally and Completely Translated from the Greek, with Introduction and Notes
by Longus
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oakdale, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Athens: Athenian Society, 1896. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Faux vellum quarter bound to marbled green boards, gilt lettering to spine. No. 2 of 250 copies privately printed for members of the Athenian Society. Yellowed backstrip is scuffed and bumped with small loss at head and tail. Some scuffs and scratches to boards, edges scuffed with loss of marbled material. Page edges well tanned, fore and bottom deckled. Sewn binding is cracked at one signature but solid and square, . Greek text on verso with English translation on recto. The Pastorals of Longus. Good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Foggy Mountain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001300
- Title
- Longus: Literally and Completely Translated from the Greek, with Introduction and Notes
- Author
- Longus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Athenian Society
- Place of Publication
- Athens
- Date Published
- 1896
- Pages
- 227
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
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- Vellum
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
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