Great books of the Western World. Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc., in collaboration with the University of Chicago
First Statement of Responsibility
)Robert Maynard Hutchins, editor in chief
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Founders' ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
oW. Benton
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
)1952(
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
54 v. illus., maps. 25 cm
GENERAL NOTES PERTAINING TO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
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General t.p. in vol. 1 only: each vol. has special t.p
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"Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the editor." L.C. copy neither numbered nor signed
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Includes bibliographies
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The great conversation, by R. M. Hutchins.--2-3. The great ideas.--4. The Iliad of Homer. The Odyssey.--5. Aeschylus. Sophocles. Euripides. Aristophanes.--6. Herodotus. Thucydides.--7. Plato.--8-9. Ari