The History of Greece. [The very rare Large Paper Quarto-Edition / Together with the later Octavo Edition].

Mitford, William.

Published by London, Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields for T.Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1808 - 1818., 1818

Five Volumes (complete set). Quarto (22.3 cm wide x 27.7 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: VII, 590 pages / Volume II: VIII, 551 pages / Volume III: VIII, 572 pages / Volume IV: XII, 647 pages plus Errata / Volume V: XI, 565, [3] pages. Hardcover / Original, full 19th century leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. All boards firm and sturdy attached with only Volume III and IV with minor traces of splitting to upper spine but firmly holding. Volume IV with minor loss to upper spine. Overall better than very good condition with some signs of external wear in form of lesions to the leather. All Volumes in expertly applied, protective Mylar. The interior of this set in stunning condition. Very unusual and rare set, the only complete Quarto-Version on the international market. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. [Important: This set also comes with the important 1835-edition of "The History of Greece" - From the Earliest Period to the Death of Agesilaus. By William Mitford but continued to the Death of Alexander the Great by R.A.Davenport. A reading-copy with some defect but an important addition to the rare Quarto-set (8 Volumes, London, 1835) (see images)]. The First Volume includes for example: - History of Greece from the earliest Accounts to the end of the Trojan War - Early People of Asia Minor and Thrace - Of the Religion, Government, Jurisprudence, Science, Arts, Commerce and Manners of the early Greeks - Commerce, Art of War, Navigation, Astronomy - Origin and Progress of Oracles - The Council of Amphictyon - Origin of the Grecian Games - Institution of the Olympian Festival by Iphitus King of Elis - Reformation of the Athenian Government and Jurisprudence by Solon - Of the antient [sic] ships of war - Accession of Xerxes to the throne of Persia - Of Italy - Tuscany - Rome - Latium etc. - State of the known world at the time of the Retreat of Xerxes from Greece The Second Volume includes for example: - Affairs of Greece from the Thirty-Years Truce to that commonly called the Peloponnesian War - Administration of Pericles - War between Samos and Miletus - Of the Peloponnesian War, from its Commencement to the Death of Pericles - Second Invasion of Attica by the Peloponnesians - Of the Affairs of Sicily and of the Athenian Expedition into Sicily - Important Successes of Alcibiades The Third Volume includes for example: - First Measures of the Supreme Council of Thirty at Athens - Violences of the Thirty - The Thirty deposed and a Supreme Council of Ten elected - Interference of Lacedaemon - The Athenian Democracy Restored - Transcriptions of Solon's Laws - Rebellion of the Persian Maritime Provinces The Fourth Volume includes for example: - Affairs of Grecian Settlements in Sicily and Italy, from the Athenian Invasion to the Settlement of the Syracusan Government under Dionysius and Hipparinus - Motives and Preparations for War with Carthage - Politics of Athens - Naval Successes of Macedonia against Athens - Judicial Inquiry into Dilapidation of the Delphian Treasury The Fifth Volume includes for example: - State of the known World, more especially of Macedonia, when Alexander, Son of Philip, succeeded to the Macedonian Throne - History of Molossis - Constitution of the Kingdom of Macedonia - Comparative View of the Constitutions of Thessaly, Lacedaemon and Rome - Indications of the Thracian Constitution - Despotic Government unknown in Europe before the Rise of Republican Government in Greece - Alexander's Winter Campain in Asia - Alexander's Expedition against Persia - Alexander's Return from India - Voyage of Nearchus - Controversy on the Kingly Office and Dignity: Trials for High Treason William Mitford (10 February 1744 10 February 1827) was an English historian, landowner, and politician. His best known work is The History of Greece, published in ten volumes between 1784 and 1810. William Mitford was born in London on 10 Feb. Seller Inventory # 31407AB

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Title: The History of Greece. [The very rare Large ...
Publisher: London, Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields for T.Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1808 - 1818.
Publication Date: 1818
Binding: Soft cover