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Plutarch and History
by Pelling, Christopher
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Swansea, England: The Classical Press of Wales, 2011. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy of a First Edition Thus exemplar, having been published first in hardcover in 2002. Eighteen of Pelling's best essays about Plutarch, ancient Rome, historiography and the historical method are reprinted here, with author revisions. Unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial card stock wraps. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii, 1-493 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 357493
- Title
- Plutarch and History
- Author
- Pelling, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Classical Press of Wales
- Place of Publication
- Swansea, England
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- Large 8vo 9" - 10
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Christopher Pelling Ancient Rome ancient history Plutarch's Lives
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