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SCHLUMBERGER, Gustave. The Byzantine Epic at the End of the …
See original version (French)
284
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SCHLUMBERGER, Gustave. The Byzantine Epic at the End of the …
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
SCHLUMBERGER, Gustave. The Byzantine Epic at the End of the Tenth Century.
Paris, Hachette, 1896, 1900 and 1905.
3 vols. in-4, red half-shagreen with corner caps or publisher’s red cardboard binding. Upper cover preserved for vol. 2.
VI – 799 pp.; VI – 653 pp. and VIII – 846 pp., numerous illustrations including full-page ones.
[Vol. 1] some scuffing, signs of wear and foxing on the edges; [Vol. 2] upper cover foxed and [Vol. 3] binding fragile, scuffing and discolouration, corners worn.
A rare illustrated edition, a long-term project retracing the vicissitudes of Byzantine power during the reign of Basil II ‘the Bulgar-Slayer’ (late 10th – early 11th century). Each volume follows on chronologically from the previous one.
Good copies.
See original version (French)
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