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Add. MS a/620
Title
Translation by J. Littleton of the first book of the 'History of the Peloponnesian War' by Thucydides
Date(s)
- c 1840 (Creation)
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1 vol
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Archival history
Ownership signature of W[illia]m Bush Stone in blue crayon, first pastedown. The book passed through the collection of Frederick J. Wood of Chew Magna, Somerset, who has made a few annotatoins.
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Purchased from Modern First Editions Ltd., Ilkley, Jan. 1921.
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Text written on recto, with scholarly apparatus on verso opposite, corrections and emendations.
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- Littleton, J (fl 1840s) (Subject)
- Thucydides (c 460-c 400 BCE) Greek historian (Subject)