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Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War].

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Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War].

Stock Code 108108
Chelsea, The Ashendene Press, 1930

An excellent copy of the Ashendene Press Thucydides in the original pigskin, limited to 260 copies on paper (there were also 20 copies on vellum).

The notice to subscriber's advertising the Ashendene Thucydides foreshadowed the closing of the press, noting 'It is more than probable that these two books [with Daphnis et Chloe] will be the last to be issued from the Ashendene Press, with the possible exception of a Bibliography of the Press, containing a number of specimen pages....'

Description

Limited edition, one of 260 copies on handmade paper, from a total edition of 280; folio; printed in red and black, 3-line initials beginning each chapter by Graily Hewitt, printed marginalia, scattered light finger-soiling to margins, otherwise text clean and bright; original white pigskin by W.H. Smith & Son (gilt stamp to inner dentelle), gilt lettering to spine, light soiling to boards, overall an excellent example.

Bibliography

Hornby 37.

More Information

Period:	Pre 18th Century
Creation Date:	1930
Styles / Movements:	Other, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	108108
Incollect Reference #:	606637

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