1898 A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, Mythology, Religion, Literature & Art

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Decorative Binding, Illustrated

The third edition. The original cloth boards with pictorial gilt detail, rebacked with a neat morocco spine. With numerous vignette engravings throughout. A detailed dictionary of terms relating to mythology, religion, literature, art and antiquities. Covering predominantly the antiquities of Ancient Greece and Rome. Featuring over 2500 articles. Translated from the German of Dr. Oskar Seyffert, the renowned German art professor and folklorist at the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule. Revised and edited, with additions, by Henry Nettleship, a classical scholar who is known for his involvement with the committee for establishing an Oxford women's college, and by J. E. Sandys, a scholar who is best known for his work, 'A History of Classical Scholarship'.