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Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions

Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · 1855 · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · 82 pictures

A student handbook of Greek and Roman antiquities, translated from Johann Joachim Eschenburg's German and expanded by Nathan Welby Fiske for American college classrooms, published in Philadelphia by E.C. & J. Biddle in 1855. Wood engravings crowd many small subjects onto each plate: theatre plans, altars and sacrificial vessels, lamps and tripods, gods with their attributes, and oracle scenes, useful as clean outline spot illustrations.

Classical literature · Art, Ancient · Mythology, Classical · Classical antiquities · Classical geography

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