rooke mr author (1 Ergebnisse)

Revised Edition. Very good ex-library copy in gilt-blocked half calf over marbled boards. Contains two volumes in one, labelled "Military Classics" on the spine. Spine bands raised and uniformly tooled in gilt. Marbled end papers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed with age. Foxing and dog-eared pages throughout. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 2 volumes bound in one, labelled "Military Classics" on the spine, as well as "Arrian" and "Xenophon". Folding maps. Subjects; History. Military History. Antiquity. Contents; Arrian's History of the expedition of Alexander the Great and conquest of Persia, translated from the original Greek / by Mr. Rooke [and] The expedition of Cyrus into Persia, and the retreat of the ten thousand Greeks, translated from Xenophon / by Edward Spelman, esq. 3 Kg.