The History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Sole Rule of Julius Caesar

One-volume abridgment of the work originally published in five volumes. Brown leather spine over blue cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt, ribbon marker bound in. Maps and illustrations in text. Translated by W.P. Dickson, introduced by Anthony Grafton, and edited by C.J. Shepherd. "Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist, and writer generally regarded as the greatest classicist of the 19th century. His work regarding Roman history is still of fundamental importance for contemporary research. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, and was also a prominent German politician, as a member of the Prussian and German parliaments. His works on Roman law and on the law of obligations had a significant impact on the German civil code (BGB)."