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2001 · réf. 2309110059 — Easton Press Norwalk Conn 2001. Hardcover. New. Millennium Edition Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. For more than 30 years the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound profusely gilt classic leather bindings. 445 pages : illustrations portraits ; 23 cm. "Regarded by many as the most comprehensive anthology of all time 'The Harvard Classics' was first published in 1909 under the supervision of the Harvard president Charles W. Eliot. An esteemed academic Eliot had argued that the elements of a liberal education could be gained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. Easton Press, Norwalk, Conn hardcover