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Classics. Demosthenes, Lycurgus, Libanius, & Taylor (John, editor), Orationes duae una Demosthenis contra Midiam altera Lycurgi contra Leocratem. Graece et Latine, first edition thus, large paper copy, Cantabrigiae: Typis academicis [excudebat Iosephus Bentham], n.d. [1743], contemporary Spanish calf gilt, rebacked preserving some of the original spine, red-speckled edges, marbled endpapers, 8vo; Bibliopgraphy: Dibdin (Thomas Frognall), An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics [...], second edition, London: Printed for W. Dwyer, et al, 1804, half-title, plates, contemporary russia gilt over papered boards, marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo; Sophocles, Musgrave (Samuel, editor), Brunck (Richard François Philippe, editor), Sophoclis Tragœdiæ Septem, volumes I-II, Oxonii: E typographeo Clarendoniano, 1800, contemporary diced calf gilt, 8vo; [&] Aristophanes & Mitchell (T., translator), The Comedies, two-volume set bound as one, first edition thus, London: John Murray, 1820-22, 20th c faux quarter-leather binding over marbled boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, 8vo, (5)
Provenance: 1st: Earl Cornwallis; early 19th c armorial bookplate. 2nd: City of Liverpool Reference Library, their bookplates and numbering.
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