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THUCYDIDES. De Bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Ed. Joseph Wasse. Amsterdam: by R. & J. Wetsten and W. Smith, 1731. 2° (393 x 243mm.). In Greek and Latin. Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 2 double page engraved map (some leaves browned or spotted). Contemporary presentation vellum boards, covers gilt with the arms of Amsterdam with similar cornerpieces and roll-tool boards, spine gilt in compartments, brown lettering piece (slightly rubbed, lacks ties). Provenance: Bridgewater Library (bookplate).-- THEOCRITUS. [Opera] quae supersunt. Ed. Thomas Warton. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1770. Two volumes, 4° (286 x 228mm.). In Greek. With Curae Posteriores, sive Appendicula. London: John Nourse, 1772 bound at end of vol.I (some leaves slightly spotted). Contemporary citron morocco, spines gilt with red and black lettering pieces (slightly soiled), g.e. Provenance: Frederick J.O. Montagu (bookplate).-- AESCHYLUS. Tragoediae. Glasgow, Andrew Foulis, 1795. 2° (380 x 232mm.). In Greek. Half-title (some leaves spotted). Contemporary blind-stamped dark blue morocco, spine in compartments (scuffed), g.e. Provenance: W.W. Baron Grenville, Chancellor of Oxford University (gilt arms on covers). LARGE PAPER COPY. (4)