THE ANNALS OF TACITUS
by TACITUS
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1882. TACITUS; ed. & annotated by Geo. O. HOLBROOKE. THE ANNALS OF TACITUS. London: Macmillan & Co., 1882. xxiv + [4] + 530 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Spine sunned, soiled; corners bumped. Coated black endpapers. Owner's inkstamp to half-title, ink ownership to title page. Light foxing to title page and last page of publisher's catalogue. Folding colr map frontispiece fine, with foxed tissue guard. In Latin with notes in English. Color map of the City of Rome precedes text.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84245
- Title
- THE ANNALS OF TACITUS
- Author
- TACITUS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1882
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Sunned
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....