The Tragedy of the Caesars: A Study of the Characters of the Caesars of the Julian and Claudian Houses
by BARING-GOULD, S
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Methuen & Co 1910. SEVENTH EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, xii + 671pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light scuffing to board edges & spine extrems, light to moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, some page edges uncut- others chippedlight cracking to some gutters)
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- Title
- The Tragedy of the Caesars: A Study of the Characters of the Caesars of the Julian and Claudian Houses
- Author
- BARING-GOULD, S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co 1910
- Keywords
- ancient history Rome caesars julians claudians biographies roman classical
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