B-57-0347
Set Two Books: History of Rome by Jean Victor Duruy Ex Libris Edward Dean Adams
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DETAILS
Includes:
(1) Volume VI Section Two
(1) Volume VII Section One
Note: incomplete set.
(1) Volume VI Section Two
(1) Volume VII Section One
Note: incomplete set.
PROVENANCE
Bookplate / Ex Libris: Edward Dean Adams (American, 1846-1931). Designer: Edwin Davis French (American, 1851-1906). French was a bookplate engraver who designed over 350 engravings. Businessman and banker Edward Dean Adams commissioned the bookplate in 1902. Dean appeared on the cover of Time Magazine in May 1929.
TITLE
History of Rome, and of the Roman People, From Its Origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians and Fall of the Empire
PUBLISHER
Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat (Boston, MA)
BINDING
Red leather three-quarter hardcover binding. Marbled covers and endpapers
ILLUSTRATED
Over 3000 engravings, 100 maps, plans, and chromo-lithographs
SUBJECT(S)
History
AUTHOR(S)
Jean Victor Duruy (French, 1811-94) | Translator and editor: M. M. Ripley | Editor: Rev. J.P. (John Pentland) Mahaffy (Irish, 1839-1919)
PERIOD
Late 19th century
DATE
Copyright 1886, 1887
DIMENSIONS
(2) Width 8.25 Depth 1.25 Height 11.5 inches
