Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 171

Price Realized: $ 1,020
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
XENOPHON. The Historie . . . Wherein is described the Admirable Journey of Ten thousand Grecians from Asia the Lesse into the Territories of Babylon, and their retrait from thence into Greece . . . Translated by Joh[n] Bingham.[6] (of [8]), 146, [12] (of [14]) pages; lacks initial and final blanks. Folio, contemporary sheep, rebacked with morocco, endpapers conspicuously renewed; contents dampstained, title severely soiled, with armorial bookplate of Patrick Hume, first Earl of Marchmont (1641-1724), on verso, some dark stains and soiling at end. London: John Haviland for Raphe Mabb, 1623

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first edition in english of the Anabasis. Hoffmann III, 607; STC 26064.