By Various; Rev. W. Lucas Collins [ed.]
Edinburgh; London   William Blackwood and Sons
7" by 4.5" Each volume paginated separately
A complete first-edition set of "Ancient Classics for English Readers", 28 volumes bound as 14, offering accessible introductions to the major Greek and Roman authors, in a smart half calf binding.
By Various; Rev. W. Lucas Collins [ed.]

1870-1878 Ancient Classics for English Readers

Edinburgh; London   William Blackwood and Sons
7" by 4.5" Each volume paginated separately
A complete first-edition set of "Ancient Classics for English Readers", 28 volumes bound as 14, offering accessible introductions to the major Greek and Roman authors, in a smart half calf binding.
£1,250.00
: 6kgs / : 987H5

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First Edition, Folding Maps, Leather Binding

Bound in a handsome half calf binding with marbled boards. 

First editions. 

A complete set of the Ancient Classics for English Readers series, 28 volumes bound as 14, comprising:

Volume I: Aeschylus by Reginald S. Copleston (1870) and Aristophanes by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (1872).

Volume II: Aristotle by Sir Alexander Grant (1877) (Supplementary Series) and Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius by Rev. James Davies (1876).

Volume III: The Commentaries of Caesar by Anthony Trollope (1870) and Cicero by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (1871).

Volume IV: Demosthenes by Rev. W. J. Brodribb (1877), with a fold-out map to the rear, and Euripides by William Bodham Donne (1872).

Volume V: The Greek Anthology by Lord Neaves (1874) and Herodotus by George C. Swayne (1870).

Volume VI: Homer: The Iliad by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (1870) and Homer: The Odyssey by the same author (1870).

Volume VII: Hesiod and Theognis by Rev. James Davies (1873) and Horace by Theodore Martin (1870).

Volume VIII: Juvenal by Edward Walford (1872) and Livy by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (1876), with a fold-out map to the rear.

Volume IX: Lucian by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (1878) and Lucretius by W. H. Mallock (1878).

Volume X: Ovid by Rev. Alfred Church (1876) and Pindar by Rev. F. D. Morice (1879).

Volume XI: Plato by Clifton W. Collins (1874) and Plautus and Terence by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (1873).

Volume XII: Pliny’s Letters by Rev. Alfred Church and Rev. W. J. Brodribb (1872) and Sophocles by Clifton W. Collins (1871).

Volume XIII: Tacitus by William Bodham Donne (1873) and Thucydides by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (1878), with a fold-out map to the rear.

Volume XIV: Virgil by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (1870) and Xenophon by Sir Alexander Grant (1871), with a fold-out map to the rear.

Condition

Bound in a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, very smart. Slight loss to calf of front board of Volume III “Caesar,” “Aeschylus” “Pliny’s Letters,” and slight loss to calf of rear board to “Plato.” Spines slightly faded. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark to fore edge, with spotting spotting heavier to "Aeschylus."

Very Good Indeed

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