The history of Rome : from the first Punic war to the death of Constantine / by B.G. Niebuhr ; in a series of lectures, including an introductory course on the sources and study of Roman history ; edited by Leonhard Schmitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niebuhr, Barthold Georg, 1776-1831.

Contributor:

Schmitz, Leonhard, 1807-1890.

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Penn Provenance:

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (bookplate)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : portrait ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Walton, 1844.

Notes:

Based on the editor's notes of a series of lectures delivered at the University of Bonn, 1828-1829. Not previously published in German; the English is the original edition.

Uniform with Niebuhr's History of Rome, 1837-1842 (3 v.) which forms v. 1-3 of the entire history.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy imperfect: v. 2: p. 39-40 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 or ink; occasional small holes in margins of leaves; occasional ink smudges.

Penn Libraries copy: v. 1: ms. notes in pencil on title leaf; p. 417-418 torn and mended across upper portion of leaf.

Penn Libraries copy: v. 2: copious ms. corrections to index; p. 201 torn across upper portion of leaf.

OCLC:

6072333