{"product_id":"the-roman-history-g-b-niebuhr-1st-english-edition","title":"The Roman History, G. B. Niebuhr — 1st English Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\" id=\"p-rc_05330ad9f8297b02-335\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, C. and J. Rivington, 1827\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"5,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"5,2\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting: \u003c\/b\u003e8vo, 2 vols, pp. xviii, 480, [2]; viii, 564.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\" id=\"p-rc_05330ad9f8297b02-336\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. The book remains structurally sound in its original publisher's bindings, though the exterior exhibits wear and  damp-staining, particularly to the board faces which show prominent tidal marks. The paper-backed spines are darkened with some chipping to the extremities and slight loss to the original printed paper labels, though the bindings themselves remain relatively tight and completely unsophisticated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,2\"\u003e. The text block is uncut with characteristic rough fore and bottom edges. Internally, the pages are generally clean, albeit with notable offsetting and ghosting to the title pages, and occasional scattered foxing and marginal age-toning typical of the period\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,4\"\u003e. There is a discrete previous ownership signature and a small contemporary bookseller's ticket to the front endpapers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,5\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,6\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\" id=\"p-rc_05330ad9f8297b02-337\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-1035 citation-end-1035\"\u003eFirst English edition of Barthold Georg Niebuhr’s foundational work of modern historiography, translated from the German by F. A. Walter, an esteemed librarian at the British Museum\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1034 citation-end-1034\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\" id=\"p-rc_05330ad9f8297b02-338\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,0\"\u003eThe text was originally issued with folding maps, the presence of which is betrayed by the distinct offsetting of a map of Italy onto the blank leaf directly opposite the title page of the first volume\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,2\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\" id=\"p-rc_05330ad9f8297b02-339\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,0\"\u003eThe set features a quaint 19th-century bookseller's ticket from A. C. Baynes of Liverpool on the front pastedown, alongside a faint contemporary ownership signature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,2\"\u003e. While the exterior boards have suffered from historical dampness, finding this important text entirely untrimmed and unsophisticated in its original drab boards and paper spines is increasingly scarce on the open market, as most extant copies were subsequently rebound by institutions or private collectors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,4\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\" id=\"p-rc_05330ad9f8297b02-340\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1033\"\u003eBarthold Georg Niebuhr's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"32\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1033\"\u003eThe Roman History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1033 citation-end-1033\"\u003e fundamentally transformed the study of classical antiquity.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Rather than accepting the myths and legends of early Rome at face value, Niebuhr applied rigorous source criticism to separate historical fact from poetic tradition. By analysing the sociopolitical conflicts between patricians and plebeians, and interrogating the ethnological origins of the Italian peoples, Niebuhr crafted a narrative that treated history not as a mere chronicle of events, but as a dynamic science of human institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54160207413587,"sku":"4395","price":370.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260619_124830_1_3f84949f-87f2-4eb1-942a-00d469d400b9.jpg?v=1782972792","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-roman-history-g-b-niebuhr-1st-english-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}