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The works of William Smith as editor demand a certain amount of concentration as the material presented is very thorough; in addition these works were written at a time when the level of education far surpassed what is general today as evidenced by the many writers' inclusion of Greek and Latin quotations with citations but no translations. In other words, the reader was expected to be familiar with languages, particularly with Latin and Greek.The condition of the actual books themselves is poor. The text blocks, for the most part, are useable though the boards are very fragile in terms of remaining with the book. In particular the spine of Volume 2 is detached at the front edge. Are these books restorable? I don't really know about that, it is the information in them which seems the most important.
The Preface writer says that the work is intended to furnish an account of Christian Antiquities to the time of Charlemagne; beginning at the time of the apostles and ceases at the beginning of what we… Read More