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BODONI PRESS -- LONGINUS, Dionysius Cassius. De sublimitate, in Greek. Parma: Bodoni, 1793. 4º. Contemporary English straight-grained red morocco, spine and sides ruled in gilt, the sides centered with Yonge's gilt crested monogram, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: Charles Duke Yonge (1812-1891, classical scholar and historian; binding, presentation inscription, dated Eton 1828, to:) -- G. Howard.
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BODONI PRESS -- LONGINUS, Dionysius Cassius. De sublimitate, in Greek. Parma: Bodoni, 1793. 4º. Contemporary English straight-grained red morocco, spine and sides ruled in gilt, the sides centered with Yonge's gilt crested monogram, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: Charles Duke Yonge (1812-1891, classical scholar and historian; binding, presentation inscription, dated Eton 1828, to:) -- G. Howard.

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BODONI PRESS -- LONGINUS, Dionysius Cassius. De sublimitate, in Greek. Parma: Bodoni, 1793. 4º. Contemporary English straight-grained red morocco, spine and sides ruled in gilt, the sides centered with Yonge's gilt crested monogram, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: Charles Duke Yonge (1812-1891, classical scholar and historian; binding, presentation inscription, dated Eton 1828, to:) -- G. Howard.

A FINE COPY in contemporary English straight-grained red morocco, from the collection of historian and classicist Charles Yonge.
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