A DISSERTATION ON THE PASSAGE OF HANNIBAL OVER THE ALPS.
WICKHAM, Henry & Cramer, Rev J A.
Published by London printed for G. B. Whittaker Ave Maria Lane, 1828
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SECOND EDITION 1828. 8vo, approximately 220 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, 1 folding map and 3 engraved plates, pages: xxviii, 1-235, lacks half-title, contemporary calf, rebacked keeping the original gilt lettered labels, gilt rules to spine and double gilt rules to edges of covers. Slight darkening to edges of covers and slight scuffing, slight shelf wear to corners and edges of covers, pale brown offset to most of folding map, offset from plates to facing page, all the plates have a small stain to top margin, not affecting images, 4 pages have brown stains (see attached images), pale browning to pastedowns, occasional fox spot to margins, small ink name to first pastedown, a good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 48514
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Title: A DISSERTATION ON THE PASSAGE OF HANNIBAL ...
Publisher: London printed for G. B. Whittaker Ave Maria Lane
Publication Date: 1828
Binding: Hardcover
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A DISSERTATION ON THE PASSAGE OF HANNIBAL OVER THE ALPS.
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London printed for G. B. Whittaker Ave Maria Lane, 1828
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
SECOND EDITION 1828. 8vo, approximately 220 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, 1 folding map and 3 engraved plates, pages: xxviii, 1-235, lacks half-title, contemporary calf, rebacked keeping the original gilt lettered labels, gilt rules to spine and double gilt rules to edges of covers. Slight darkening to edges of covers and slight scuffing, slight shelf wear to corners and edges of covers, pale brown offset to most of folding map, offset from plates to facing page, all the plates have a small stain to top margin, not affecting images, 4 pages have brown stains (see attached images), pale browning to pastedowns, occasional fox spot to margins, small ink name to first pastedown, a good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 50258
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A Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal Over the Alps
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J. B. Whittaker, London, 1828
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Hardcover
Seller: Peace of Mind Bookstore, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good-. Second Edition. A rare, hard-to-find, history book on the passage of Hannibal's army of men and elephants over the Alps to attack Rome in 218 BC with citations mostly from ancient historian Polybius. Blue boards with Gilded title"Passage of Hannibal" on spine. Includes 2 maps and 2 illustrations. Tight binding and clean 1828 text. A newspaper clipping from 1979 is attached to the inside front cover. Repaired spine. Front hinge cracked at bottom. A frontise page after the title page is missing. Professional book dealer with storefront since 1975. All orders carefully packaged and promptly shipped. Seller Inventory # 018110
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A DISSERTATION ON THE PASSAGE OF HANNIBAL OVER THE ALPS. By a member of the University of Oxford.
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London J. Parker; and G. and W.B. Whittaker Ave Maria Lane, 1820
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Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
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FIRST EDITION 1820. 8vo, approximately 210 x 130 mm, 8 x 5 inches, engraved folding map with hand coloured routes plus 3 engraved plates, pages: xxii, [ii], 1-40, 1-182, [2] - Errata, bound in full polished calf, git lettered label to spine, gilt decoration to spine. Upper hinge beginning to crack but attached firmly to the cords, a few small marks to covers and slight shelf wear to corners and edges, offset from plates to facing pages, all other pages clean, small repair to blank side of map, 2 small closed tears to margins neatly repaired, foxing and pale browning to pastedowns and free endpapers, armorial bookplate to first pastedown and identical one to first free endpaper, (John Hopton of Can-Frome in the county of Hereford). A good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 50259
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