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THUCYDIDES

Peri tou Peloponnisiakou polemou [Greek] = De bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo

Amstelaedam
1731

€80 - €160

In-folio (42 x 25,5 cm), (34), 34, 728, 48, 123 pp. Text printed in 2 columns, in GREEK and Latin. With 1 folding engraved map. Lacking engraved title and a map. Typographical title loose and with some black mouldy stains. Damp stains and some black mould stains. Worn binding in half leather

The most important edition of Thucydides since the 16th century and an impressive performance by C.A. Duker (1670-1752), who included the unpublished commentary left in manuscript by the Cambridge scholar Joseph Wasse.
Ref. Dibdin II, 509: ""(...) one of the most sumptuous and erudite productions"". ; Hoffmann III, 553; Graesse VII, 149.
Provenance:
heraldic bookplates Lord Sinclair and George Carre Advocat

Greek Military history