Classical Dictionary (Wordsworth Collection)

by William Smith

Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

423

Collection

Publication

Wordsworth Editions Ltd (1997), 464 pages

Description

A Smaller Classical Dictionary - of biography, mythology, and geography. Sixth Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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"This little Classical Dictionary is, in the main, a reprint of Dr. Smith's Dictionary published many years ago. But a considerable amount of revisioin has been made; a few of the longer articles appear exactly in the form in which they originally appear; and a great deal of new matter has been
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iintroduced in order to bring the work up to date, as far as was consistent with the publishers' plan of including in Everyman's Library a short and concise companion to the classics."
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1910

Physical description

464 p.; 5 inches

ISBN

1853263680 / 9781853263682
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