Thucydides. Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo..., 2 vol., ., edited by Franciscus
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NO RESERVE Thucydides. Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo..., 2 vol., edited by Franciscus Goeller, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol.1, lightly offset, contemporary ink gift inscription "with E. Hawtrey's best wishes, 1840" to front free endpaper, contemporary morocco with gilt border, lightly rubbed, 1835 § Horne (George) Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, 4 vol., fifth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf with red and green morocco spine labels, lightly rubbed and stained, Oxford, for J. Cooke, 1795, 8vo.
⁂ The first inscribed from Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789-1862) was one of the great reforming headmasters of Eton College, and had a particular interest in languages and translation. With W. M. Praed he helped to found he iconic school library.
⁂ The first inscribed from Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789-1862) was one of the great reforming headmasters of Eton College, and had a particular interest in languages and translation. With W. M. Praed he helped to found he iconic school library.
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Thucydides. Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo..., 2 vol., ., edited by Franciscus
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