[LEMPRIÈRE, JOHN]. Bibliotheca Classica; or, a Classical Dictionary containing a full Account of all the Proper Names Mentioned in Antient Authors. To which are subjoined, Tables of Coins, Weights, and Measures, in Use among the Greeks and Romans. Reading: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked with original backstrip laid down; minor worming to 8 leaves at beginning (slightly affecting some letters). FIRST EDITION. PMM 236. Rare.

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[LEMPRIÈRE, JOHN]. Bibliotheca Classica; or, a Classical Dictionary containing a full Account of all the Proper Names Mentioned in Antient Authors. To which are subjoined, Tables of Coins, Weights, and Measures, in Use among the Greeks and Romans. Reading: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked with original backstrip laid down; minor worming to 8 leaves at beginning (slightly affecting some letters). FIRST EDITION. PMM 236. Rare.

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C. Littlehales, signature on front flyleaf (dated 1792).

Lot Essay

"The first of a new kind of manual: the rendering of a body of knowledge not easily accessible in any other form into a series of alphabetical articles for the use of those who lack the time or the learning to seek out the sources...Lemprière's is the first specialist work designed as a substitute for, rather than an aid to, learning..."--PMM 236.

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