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The history of Rome / by B.G. Niebuhr.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Lea Collection PP.4.20-22 v.1-2 v.3
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Niebuhr, Barthold Georg, 1776-1831.
Contributor:
Thirlwall, Connop, 1797-1875.
Schmitz, Leonhard, 1807-1890.
Smith, William, 1813-1893.
Hare, Julius Charles, 1795-1855.
Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:
Römische Geschichte. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Rome--History.
Rome.
Rome (Empire).
History.
Penn Provenance:
Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (bookplate)
Physical Description:
3 volumes : folded map ; 24 cm
Edition:
Third edition revised.
Place of Publication:
London : Taylor and Walton, 1837-1842.
Notes:
Vol. 1-2 translated by Julius Charles Hare and Connop Thirlwall ; v. 3 translated by William Smith and Leonhard Schmitz.
Uniform with Niebuhr's History of Rome from the first Punic war to the death of Constantine ... in a series of lectures, 1844 (2 v.) which forms v. 4-5 of the entire history.
Errata at end of v. 3.
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Notes:
Penn Libraries copy imperfect: folded map wanting.
Penn Libraries copy imperfect: v. 2: all before p. 5 wanting; p. 203-204 wanting.
Penn Libraries copy imperfect: v. 3: p. 495-496 wanting.
Penn Libraries copy: each volume has Henry Charles Lea's bookplate on front pastedown; ms. corrections in pencil to page numbers in table of contents; some ms. underlines, marginal notes and marks in pencil, charcoal pencil or ink; occasional small holes in margins of leaves; occasional ink smudges.
Penn Libraries copy: v. 1: ms. notes in pencil on title leaf; lower portion of p. 547-548 and 601-602 cut off and wanting; p. 137-140 torn at bottom inner margin with minor loss of footnote text; p. 161-176, 273-280 torn at inner margin without loss of text.
Penn Libraries copy: v. 2: ms. note in pencil on p. 5; p. 159-160 torn at bottom margin without loss of text.
Penn Libraries copy: v. 3: ms. notes in pencil on title leaf; copious ms. corrections to index; p. 123-126, 187-190 torn at inner margin without loss of text; p. 407-409 torn at top inner corner;
OCLC:
156489849

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