Lord Macaulay ~Lays of Ancient Rome
With Illustrations, Original and From the Antique By George Scharf
New Edition
Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, London c1867 Scarce Binding, Beautifully bound in Full Red Leather, roughly 6" X 7.25" tall. Near Fine, Intricate Illustrative tooling with bright gilt titles and designs to covers, five raised bands and six compartments to spine with gilt motif, marbled end-papers and paste-downs, all edges gilt. Touch of wear to extremities, inscription to front fly-leaf, pages lightly tanned with scattered foxing mainly to first/last few pages, Gilded page ends have some wear, still bright in nice shape. No loose or missing pages, Binding is sturdy. A fine example of an extraordinary antique book. Exquisite!
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