The Comic History of Rome. Illustrated by John Leech.

Gilbert Abbott Beckett

ISBN 10: 1241425256 / ISBN 13: 9781241425258

Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions Mär 2011, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Comic History of Rome. Illustrated by John Leech.
• Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions Mär 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1241425256
• ISBN 13: 9781241425258
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 189H x 24D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 189 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 830 grams

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Synopsis

Title: The Comic History of Rome ... Illustrated by John Leech.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Titles in this series include lectures, compiled sketches, and chronological discourses on Greece, Rome, and other early European and African civilisations. The collection also has a selection of physical and classical geography texts. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.; Leech, John; 1897? xviii, 418 p.; 4 . 9039.i.11.

About the Author

John Leech (1817-1864) was a well regarded English caricaturist, whose works often appeared in Punch and the London News. An accomplished lithographer and engraver, Leech's illustrations illuminated the original edition of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.