LETTERS OF GEORGE LONG

The Library, University of Virginia, 1917. Hardcover. Octavo, 66 pages; VG; bound in period 20th century green calf, plain paneled spine; slight fading to spine, very mild wear; gilt text block; mild fingerprinting and foxing to endpapers, title page, frontispiece; scarce; shelved case 10. George Long (1800-1879) was an English classical scholar. In 1824 he was elected the first Professor of Ancient Languages in the new University of Virginia at Charlottesville, but after four years returned to England as the first professor of Greek at the newly founded University College in London. 1317915. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. (Inventory #: 1317915)