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History of Xerxes the Great / by Jacob Abbott ; with thirty-nine illustrations.
LIBRA - Rare DS283 .A14 1902
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879, author.
- Series:
- Altemus' young people's library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C.
- Xerxes.
- Iran--Kings and rulers.
- Iran.
- Iran--History--To 640.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- History.
- Biographies.
- children's literature.
- Publisher's advertisements.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, v-ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 7-260 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm
- Other Title:
- Xerxes
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Henry Altemus Company, [1902]
- Notes:
- Binding is format 2e for Altemus's young people's library, used 1902. See www.henryaltemus.com/series/series202F2.htm (viewed 5 August 2026).
- Title in red within green floriate border; illustrated endpapers (green seated reading girl on white background within green floriate border).
- "Altemus' Young People's Library" [publisher's advertisement]: Pages 1-16 (second count).
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare DS283 .A14 1902 purchased for the Penn Libraries from Patrick Richardson Graham in 2011.
- OCLC:
- 1610228182
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