Orations of Demosthenes.: Pronounced to excite the Athenians against Philip, King of Macedon; and on Occasions of Public Deliberation. Translated by Thomas Leland.
by Demosthenes. >>MINIATURE JONES DIAMOND CLASSIC
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About This Item
2 volumes. 8 pages of publisher's adverts at front, 402;350 printed pages. Engraved frontispieces portraits of Demosthenes and Philip of Macedon, with tissue guards, and engraved additional title pages in each volume. Original terracotta endpapers. All edges gilt. 58 x 95mm. Original green watered silk bindings (worn on spines), original printed black labels. Includes Aeschines' "Against Ctesiphon" and Dinarchus' "Against Demosthenes." Demosthenes was a Greek statesman & orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Thomas Leland (1722 1785) was an Irish Anglican priest, a historian, translator and academic and the author of the early gothic novel Longsword, Earl of Salisbury: An Historical Romance, published in 1762. Spielmann, 267. Welsh, 2265. WorldCat locates six copies of this edition worldwide. Original worn condition, uncommon, silk bound Diamond Classics, originally sold for 7 shillings and sixpence.
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- Bookseller
- Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5292
- Title
- Orations of Demosthenes.
- Author
- Demosthenes. >>MINIATURE JONES DIAMOND CLASSIC
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jones and Company.
- Place of Publication
- Kingsland Road.
- Date Published
- 1828
- Pages
- 8 pages of publisher's adverts at front, 402;350 printed pages.
- Size
- 58 x 95mm.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MINIATURE BOOK, MINIATUREBOOK, MINI MINITURE LIVRE MINUSCULE, BIJOU DEMOSTHENES, DIAMOND CLASSIC,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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My book expertise came with four years as Chairman of London P.B.F.A. , many more years of exhibiting at monthly London Rare Book Fairs & owning my own bookshops continuously since 1984.
Every book here was valued by the person who first bought it and will be just as prized by the person who buys it now from my shopping website.
I am an accredited professional & a full member of the ABA, ILAB and the IOBA, "Setting the standard. The books you want...from booksellers you can trust".
You can meet me on my stand at Firsts 2024, London's Rare Book Fair, at the Saatchi Gallery, London SW3 4RY, 16-19 May 2024.
I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
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