Latin Dictionary : Based on Andrews’s Edition of Freund’s Latin Dictionary – Chaarlton T Lewisand Charles Short

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This comprehensive dictionary is a popular and reliable reference work for Classics and Latin scholars; it includes citations from ancient literature, etymological information, and an orthographical index of words with variant spellings. Originalyl first printed in 1879, Impression of 1975. Revised, Enlarged and in great part rewritten.

This work is designed as a dictionary of Greek and Roman literature, and pays particular attention to classical allusions in English Literature. Historical archaeological, or geographical entries which have no special literary associations are excluded, or are given A minimum of space. On the other hand, the work includes an amount of all plays, poems, and prose works; lives of authors and historical figures; general and particular articles on classical mythology, geography, and economics, in so far as they are important in classical literature…..

A fine clean tight copy, dust wrapper fine except for price being price clipped.Number of Pages 2018. Please NOTE the picture belongs to another copy, the dust wrapper is MINT. Most copies available online do not have a dust wrapper, this is a special find, and the only picture I could find. The book itself is navy cloth with gilt (gold) lettering on spine