Hand-colored fold-out maps

[Abbott, Jacob]

History of Julius Caesar. Vol. I. [Volume 1]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2353034

Corners rubbed and exposed, parish library bookplate on front endpaper but no other marks, fore edge margin of a few pages stained, lightly foxed throughout.

xv, 463 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Julius Caesar, hand-colored fold-out maps. Volume 1 only. Abbott chronicles the life, military campaigns, and political rise of Rome's most famous statesman. First published in 1849 as part of the Makers of History series, it was specifically written to be a clear, distinct, and connected account for general readers and younger students.

Price: $35.00