Author: CICERONIS M TULLII (GEORGE LONG & A J MACLEANE)
Title: M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationes with a Commentary By George Long
Description: London, Whittaker & Co, George Bell. 1855, Second Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. ex convent (?) library, only stamps are to fep, vol 1 has bookplate of Frank Stanley Dobson M A & LLD Cantab original fawn cloth blindstamped Bibliotecha Classica Cicero to upper board, gilt titled spines, all worn and rubbed to edges and joints, vol1 (1862) front hinge open and holding by one cord, rear hinge loose, lower joint split at head, vol 2 (1855) plate removed from paste down, lower joint split at head, and top half of backstrip has been pasted down to the spine of the collations, vol 3 (1856) bookplate removed, some wear to joints but not splitting, although different dates it is a uniformly sized and bound set, light foxing to prelims, mainly Latin apart from the glossary / notes, V1=xii 670+14pp adverts, V2=viii 509+2pp adverts V3=viii 592pp, Dobson, Frank Stanley Born 20 April 1835 (Hobart Town, Tasmania) Died 1 June 1895. (South Yarra) Barrister Education: Hutchins' School, Hobart,and St John's College, Cambridge, graduated LL B 1860, BA 1861, LL M 1864 Career: Called to the Bar 1860; came to Vic. and admitted Tasmania and Vic. Bars 1861; practised in Melbourne; appointed law lecturer Melbourne University 1863 and certifying barrister to friendly societies. Trustee, Public Library and National Gallery 1873; fellow Linnean Society; president Field Naturalists' Club. Degree of LL D, Camb. conferred on him 1870 QC 1887 House Electorate Start End MLC Southern December 1870 November 1882 MLC South-Eastern November 1882 June 1895 Appointments: Solicitor-general 9 July 1881-8 Mar 1883; chairman committees 1883-1895; royal commission technological and industrial instruction from 1880, at 3.5kg this heavy set will incur extra postal charges. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Lastin Roman Jurisprudence Speeches Texts Cicero Bibliotheca Classica Verrinarum Libri Septem Frank Stanley Dobson


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