Livy (T. Livius Patavinus): Historiarum libri qui supersunt omnes, ex recensione Arn. Drakenborchii. Sumptibus Editoris excudebant, Londini [London] M. Ritchie & J. Sammells 1794
Book, 8 vols, 8vo. pp. [iv], xlvi, [ii], 420; [ii], 423; [ii], 460; [ii], 451; [ii], 442; [ii], 430; [ii] 487, [i]; A-U5. With portrait frontispiece of the editor, Henry Homer. One leaf loose in vol. II. One or two trivial spots, but generally a very clean set in an handsome contemporary biscuit calf, with red morocco lettering and numbering pieces and fully gilt spines.
“One of the most correct and beautiful octavo editions of a Roman classic that has ever been published” (Dibdin). Edited by Rev. Henry Homer following Drakenborch’s excellent edition., Dibdin II, 172.
£500
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