ARCHAEOLOGIAE ATTICAE LIBRI SEPTEM. Seven Books of the Attick Antiquities

"ARCHAEOLOGIAE ATTICAE LIBRI SEPTEM. Seven Books of the Attick Antiquities. Containing the Description of the Citties glory, Government, division of the People, and Towns within the Athenian Territories, their Religion, Superstition, Sacrifices, Account of the Year, a full relation of their Judicatories. By FRANCIS ROUS, Scholar of Merton Colledge in Oxon. With an Addition of their Customs in Marriages, Burials, Feastings, Divinations, & c. In the four last Books. By Zachary Bogan, Scholar of C.C.C. in Oxo. The Fifth Edition corrected and enlarged with a twofold Index Rerum & Vocabulorum. Aristid. Oxford, Printed by A. Lichfield, and H. Hall, for John Adams, and Edw. Forrest. 1658" (THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT APPEARS ON THE TITLE PAGE). This would be a FIRST THUS wth the new corrections and additions. The binding is a contemporary (late 1800's early 1900's) 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Collation as follows: Pastedown, EP and FFEP, Title Page/blank verso, 4pp. Dedication by Francis Rous, 2pp. Preface also by Rous, 1-376 which includes a "To The Reader" statement by Z. BOGAN and a paragraph in Greek by R. WARRE. This is followed by an Index Vocabulorum 8pp.and 4 pp. The last page of the index is missing the lower half of the page and has been substituted by archival paper. EP and RFEP and pastedown. The last page of the dedication is missing the lower right hand corner (about 1 1/2" piece) with no loss of text. The bottom right hand corner of page 1 is missing about 1" of paper with no loss of text. Small missing pieces to both outer corners of page 341/2 without loss of text. The book is complete, clean and tight overall and in Very Good Condition.…