THUCYDIDIS DE BELLO PELOPONNESIACO LIBRI OCTO 1835 IN TWO LEATHER-BOUND VOLUMES

[THUCYDIDES; Goeller, Franciscus (ed.)]. Thucydidis De bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo, ad Optimorum Librorum Fidem, ex Veterum Notationibus, Recentiorum Observationibus Recensuit, Argumentis et Adnotatione Perpetua Illustravit, Indices et Tabulas Chronologicas Adjecit Atque de Vita Auctoris Praefatus est Franciscus Goeller. Londini [London]: Veneunt apud Ricardum Priestley, 1835.

First edition thus. Complete in two volumes. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (220 x 140 mm.). Pp. xxxii, 460; [6], 461-920. Greek text with introduction and notes in Latin. Bound in beautiful contemporary full tan calf; spines and boards gilt ruled and tooled. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Vol.I with portrait frontispiece. Vol.II with map at the front. Extensive printed footnotes. Index to rear in double columns. Printed by A. J. Valpy. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure with the hinges intact. Light rubbing to extremities. Couple of minor abrasions to boards. Interiors near immaculate. An handsome set. Scarce.

Notes: A rare edition detailing the history of the Peloponnesian war.