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Charicles or Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks with Notes and Excursuses

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Sale 326: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#326) 02/23/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #69 Charicles or Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks with Notes and Excursuses

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$281.25

Estimate: $250 - $350

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Description

Heading:

(Fore-edge Painting)

Title:

Charicles or Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks with Notes and Excursuses

Author:

Becker, W. A.

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Longmans, Green & Co.

Date Published:

1899

Description:

7x4¾, bound in decorative diced dark purple-brown calf, ruled in gilt, gilt vignettes on front and rear cover corners, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; fore-edge painting of "The Acropolis at Athens." "New Impression."

Clean and sharp fore-edge painting detailing the Acropolis with only a few other old structures tucked within the rolling green hills and at the base, a group of people (two on horses) in the fore-ground.

Condition:

Spine sunned, other light wear; bookplates of Edward Thomas King and Josephus Wood (but signed by B.T. Hebert); very good.

Item#:

167641
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