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The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Printed for Hamilton and Balfour, Kincaid and Donaldson, and W. Gray, MDCCLVIII. [1758]
Subjects:
History, Ancient > Early works to 1800.
Greece > History > To 146 B.C. > Early works to 1800.
Histoire ancienne.
History, Ancient
Dates (Provenance) > 18th century.
Calf bindings (Binding) > 18th century.
Description
Item Description:Translation of: Histoire ancienne des Egyptiens, Carthaginois, des Assyriens, des Babyloniens, des Mèdes et des Perses, des Macedoniens, des Grecs.
Volume 10 includes index.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy of volume 5 was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
"Volume V. containing an account of the manners and customs of the Greeks; the history of Dionysius the Elder and Younger, tyrants of Syracuse; and the affairs of Greece from the treaty of Antalcide to the time of Darius Codomanus, King of Persia."
Pagination: volume 1: xl, 368 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: viii, 386 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 3: viii, 466, [2] pages (final leaf blank), [1] leaf of plates; volume 4: viii, 330, [2] (final leaf blank), [1] leaf of plates; volume 5: vi, 360, [2] pages (final leaf blank), [1] leaf of plates; volume 6: x, 430 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 7: viii, 424 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 8: ix, [1], 398 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 9: viii, 360 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 10: vi, 402 pages, [1] leaf of plates.
Physical Description:10 volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm (12mo)
Place of Publication:Scotland -- Edinburgh.