$461
Thucydides (c. 460-c. 400 BC) ed. Henri Estienne (1528-1598), John Hudson (1662-1719), Joseph Wasse (1672-1738), and Carl Andreas Duker (1670-1752) De Bello Peloponnesiaco. Amsterdam: R. & J. Westenios & Gul. Smith, 1731. First edition, folio, half-title, engraved frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, two folding maps, text in two columns of Greek and Latin with notes in Latin beneath, bound in full contemporary Dutch parchment over boards, tooled in gilt compartments with the heraldic arms for the city of Utrecht on both boards, the same arms as smaller corner-pieces, gilt roses in the spine compartments, red morocco label, ex libris George Chetwynd, with his bookplate inside the front board, 15 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Estimate $300-400 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-07-23
