I have here for sale a book containing two works entitled: 

THE EXPEDITION OF CYRUS INTO PERSIA AND THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND GREEKS translated from Xenophon with Critical and Historical Notes by Edward Spelman, plus 

ARRIAN'S HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND CONQUEST OF PERSIA, translated from the Original Greek by Mr Rooke.   


Both published by J Davis, London in 1813.    


Half dark brown leather on blue marbled hardboards.  Gilt border in between.   Front board and front free endpaper detached.  Rear board's joint is cracked and there is also a split in the spine leather down the middle and chipped to head and tail.  Gilt bands and title lettering.  Wear to corners.  Light foxing here and there throughout but a lot of clean pages.  Expedition of Cyrus plus Dissertations (215 pages) Notes lxxii, index, Alexander's Expedition 206 pages, Arrian's Indian History 36 pages, Appendix 22 pages.  25 x 15 cm.


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