Smith's Complete Classical Dictionaries: The Biography, Mythology, Culture and Geography of Ancient Greece and Rome

"Smith's Complete Classical Dictionaries" brings together in a single handsome edition the series of classical dictionaries that Sir William Smith had always intended to form an Encyclopaedia of Classical Antiquity. With more than 8,000 pages of outstanding scholarship, these extensively illustrated volumes provide a wealth of detail and information unavailable in other works. The introduction by leading scholar, Christopher Stray, provides important contextual and historical detail. Presented in Crown Quarto format, with head and tail bands and decorative endpapers, these beautifully produced seven volumes will make a valuable addition to the libraries of scholars, collectors and institutions around the world.