Detroit: Wayne State University Press, Date: 1984. Scarce monograph on the influence of classical studies on colonial and eighteenth-century America: the Founding Fathers were inclined to search for parallels to their ideals in ancient Greece & Rome, while others view such study as impractical, preferring mathematics and 'mechanicks'. The author was a professor of classical studies known for his important biography of Agrippa. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; pencil smudge/residue of name/address sticker on free endsheet; jacket rubbed with minor edgewear. Text clean; 370 pages + colophon; index, bibliography, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 1984. Wayne State University Press ISBN 0814317448 9780814317440 [US]

ISBN10: 0814317448, ISBN13: 9780814317440, [publisher: Wayne State University Press, Detroit] Hardcover First Edition Scarce monograph on the influence of classical studies on colonial and eighteenth-century America: the Founding Fathers were inclined to search for parallels to their ideals in ancient Greece & Rome, while others view such study as impractical, preferring mathematics and 'mechanicks'. The author was a professor of classical studies known for his important biography of Agrippa. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; pencil smudge/residue of name/address sticker on free endsheet; jacket rubbed with minor edgewear. Text clean; 370 pages + colophon; index, bibliography, notes. Size: Octavo
[Beloit, WI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1984]
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