Author: CICERO; GRANT, MICHAEL (TRANSLATION)
Title: Cicero: Murder Trials
Description: New York: Dorset Press, 1986. Hardcover. ISBN: 0880290757. Reprinted excerpts from speeches given by the gifted Roman orator Cicero in defense of various citizens tried for murder in ancient Rome. Per the jacket flap, "Cicero was the greatest of Roman orators.he won his reputation in the courts of Rome, and the speeches he gave there brought him his deserved laurels as the greatest rhetorician of all time." Translated, with an introduction, by Michael Grant. With appended index, tables and maps. --- In full grey paper-covered boards backed in maroon cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket bears an image of the bust of a philosopher from an engraving by Cornelius Galle. --- A tightly-bound, newish copy lacking damages worthy of mention, though with rubberstamped remainder mark to lower textblock edge. Excellent unclipped, unpriced jacket with minor rubbing, otherwise without damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 348, [16] pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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