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George Booth : The Last Ten Books of the Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian, Containing, the Affairs of the World for the space of 179 Years, from the Expedition of Xerxes into Greece, to Seleucus his Coming Into Cappadocia with his Army, and the other Confederate Princes in other Parts against Antigonus, in the 3rd Year of the 119th Olympiad. Together with The Fragments of Photius his Bibliotheca, and others, Published by L. Rhodomannus. And The Fragments Published by H. Valesius, and by F. Ursinus with a Supplement

A. & J. Churchill, London, c. 1700

Recent ½ calf with marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two, edges speckled red, endpapers renewed. , An excellent copy, text and plates are clean and crisp, in cloth slipcase., Small folio, P. title, blank, dedication (2), (16), 1-803 (with pagination errors from p. 780 until p. 803), blank, index (32)., With 3 maps, two of which are folding, depicting Siciliy, Greece and Asia Minor, and Middle East-Central Asia.

The book contains accounts of Egypt, Asia, Africa, the Islands in the Mediterranean and Europe in ancient times. In addition to this there are accounts of the Greek city states, the Persian Empire, the conquests of Alexander, and the eventual fall of his empire and its break-up. Ptolemy's rule of Egypt and Seleucus's reign are also discussed., Wing 1514

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