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262 p., Frontispiece protected with tissue paper. Original leather with embossing.

Bemerkung:

Cover slightly bunped, Ex Libris on endpaper, browned due to paper, otherwise clean. - THE FRONTISPIECE, KINDLY SELECTED BY PROFESSOR MICHAEL GRANT OF EDINBURGH, IS AN ENLARGED PHOTOGRAPH OF A SILVER TETRADRACHM (1.05 in. diam.), STRUCK IN HONOUR OF CLEOPATRA VII BY THE GRAECO-JEWISH CITY OF ASCALON IN PHILISTIA (v. G. F. HILL, Catalogue of Greek coins of Palestine in the British Museum, p. 108, no. 20). the editor is indebted to THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM FOR PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THE COIN. - Contents: INTRODUCTION -- THE STAGE HISTORY -- TO THE READER -- ANT ONT & CLEOPATRA -- THE COPY FOR THE TEXT OF 1623 -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY.