Cornelius Nepos - Vies des grands capitaines de l'Antiquité - 1781
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Cornelius Nepos — Vies des grands capitaines de l'Antiquité, a French reissue published by Barbou in 1781, bound in full calf with a smooth spine and red-titled edges, 371 pages, 17.5 × 10.5 cm, in good condition.
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Cornelius Nepos. Lives of the Great Captains of Antiquity. Paris, Barbou, 1781, xi-371 pp.
A small octavo volume (175x105 mm), full calf, smooth spine decorated, red morocco title piece, red edges (period binding). Spine of the second board partly cracked and missing on the cover; otherwise in good overall condition. Interior fresh with no foxing.
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The Roman historian Cornelius Nepos presents the lives of great military leaders and statesmen of Antiquity, primarily Greeks, but also Carthaginians and Romans. He mentions notably Miltiades, Themistocles, Aristides, Alcibiades, Epaminondas, and Hannibal, tracing their careers, their campaigns, their qualities, and their reversals.
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Translated by Google TranslateCornelius Nepos. Lives of the Great Captains of Antiquity. Paris, Barbou, 1781, xi-371 pp.
A small octavo volume (175x105 mm), full calf, smooth spine decorated, red morocco title piece, red edges (period binding). Spine of the second board partly cracked and missing on the cover; otherwise in good overall condition. Interior fresh with no foxing.
New translation accompanying notes
The Roman historian Cornelius Nepos presents the lives of great military leaders and statesmen of Antiquity, primarily Greeks, but also Carthaginians and Romans. He mentions notably Miltiades, Themistocles, Aristides, Alcibiades, Epaminondas, and Hannibal, tracing their careers, their campaigns, their qualities, and their reversals.
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Delivery in person possible in Paris
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Number of books
1
Subject
History
Book title
Vies des grands capitaines de l'Antiquité
Author/ Illustrator
Cornelius Nepos
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1781
Height
17.5 cm
Edition
Reprint
Width
10.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
No
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
371
