Tan leather spine with green and red title plates,, gilt banding, decoration and lettering. Tan cloth boards.

13 vols.

Fine contemporary example. A handsome set complete with 20 maps (some folding) and plates.

Grote’s History of Greece is one of the classic works of historical interpretation and scholarship. George Grote – banker, MP and a founder of London University – was the first historian to give a high value to the Greek creation of democracy, and this aspect of his work is closely relevant to current debates about democracy in our times.

George Grote (17 November 1794 – 18 June 1871) was an English political radical and classical historian. He is now best known for his major work, the voluminous History of Greece.