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4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The Ninth edition. Volume II (ANA -ATH) only. A Very Good copy. 4to., 832 pp., illustrated with numerous engravings, drawings and inserted plates. Bound in full leather with title and volume on separate morocco labels on the spine. All edges and end papers marbled. The boards are edge worn, with tips rubbed, with wear and light soiling. Missing the volume label on spine. The text block is clean and bright. A Very Good copy. ***The landmark ninth edition, often called "the Scholar's Edition", was published from January 1875 to 1889 in 25 volumes, with volume 25 the index volume. Unlike the first two Black editions, there were no preliminary dissertations, the alphabetical listing beginning in volume 1. Up to 1880, the editor, and author of the Foreword, was Thomas Spencer Baynes -the first English-born editor after a series of Scots - and W. Robertson Smith afterwards. Compared to the 8th edition, the 9th was far more luxurious, with thick boards and high-quality leather bindings, premier paper, and a production which took full advantage of the technological advances in printing in the years between the 1850s and 1870s. Great use was made of the new ability to print large graphic illustrations on the same pages as the text, as opposed to limiting illustrations to separate copperplates. The 9th edition was a critical success, and roughly 8,500 sets were sold in Britain, and upwards of 45,000 sets in the US from authorized publisher's Charles Scribner's Sons, Little, Brown, and Samuel Hall. The British and American publications were identical, except for the title pages.- paraphrased from wiki. ***. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004812
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