Dr. Oskar Seyffert; Henry Nettleship (Ed.); J. E. Sandys (Ed.) — A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

London, Swan Sonnenschein and Co . Lim. 1899 . Cloth. Profusely illustrated classical dictionary, including terms of mythology, literature and art. Fourth English edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.Profusely illustrated with more than 450 in-text engravings.Extensive classical dictionary of Roman and Greek antiquities, mythology, literature and art. From classical philologist Dr. Oskar Seyffert. Originally published in German in 1882 and translated into English by Henry Nettleship and J. E. Sandys, scholars at Oxford and Cambridge, the first English edition appearing in 1891. In publisher's original green cloth binding. Inscriptions from previous owner to front board and front and rear free endpapers. Library stamp of H. M. Stationery Office to title page. Externally, reasonably smart with moderate bumping and rubbing, resulting in visible loss of cloth, particularly to head of spine but also to spine tail, joints and tips. With a small tide mark to the front board and several further marks to both front and rear. Internally, front hinge relatively weak and binding delicate in places, most prominently to pages 224-225, otherwise generally firmly bound. Very bright and clean copy with only light spotting, mainly contained to first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .