This is a complete four-volume set of John Gillies's History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies & Conquests, New York: R. M'Dermutt & D. D. Arden, 1814.
Stated "First American from the last London edition."
Contemporary American calf bindings with red/burgundy spine labels. Includes folding engraved maps of the Greek world and Grecian colonies.
An early ownership inscription, "George W. Lippett, 1822," appears on an endpaper. The set retains considerable period character. An uncommon complete early-American classical-history set with strong decorative & scholarly appeal.
Please note that every map is present, boards are attached, there are no missing title pages or gatherings, & each volume complete.
