Niebuhr, Barthold Georg (1776-1831) The History of Rome

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Niebuhr, Barthold Georg (1776-1831) The History of Rome. London: by Bentley for Taylor and Walton, 1837 [-1844].
Five octavo volumes, the preferred translation by Julius Hare and Connop Thirlwall, completed by William Smith and Leonhard Schmitz, with the two volume continuation, the set bound in uniform calf, spines tooled in gilt with red and green labels, scuffed but presentable, ex libris William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) with his Cliveden bookplate, dated 1899, pasted inside the front boards of all five volumes, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (5)
Estimate $400-600


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