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YORKE, Ph. & Ch., (a.o.). Atheensche brieven, of een briefwisseling van een' geheimen zaakgelastigde des konings van Perzië te Athenen, gedurende den Peloponnesischen Oorlog. Uit het Eng. vert. d. Steenbergen van Goor. Leeuw., Steenbergen van Goor, 1822-24. 4 vols. W. 4 diff. front.-portrs. Fine cont. marbled hcf. w. red labels. (A bit browned in places, else a fine set of this rare translation).
Comprising a series of fictional letters written during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) by contemporaries, but in fact written by Philip and Charles of Yorke and a group of Cambridge college friends such as George Henry Rooke, John Green, Daniel Wray, a.o. Originally published in 1741-1743. - Rare Dutch translation.€ 120
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