1856 Lays of Ancient Rome with Irvy and the Armada Macaulay New Edition
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1856 Lays of Ancient Rome with Irvy and the Armada Macaulay New Edition:
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Lays of Ancient Rome
By Thomas Babington Macaulay
1856 - London - Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts.
7\" by 5\"; 167pp
DETAILS
The \'New Edition\' of Lord Macaulay\'s Lays of Ancient Rome.
With an illustrated title page.
In a Gray of Cambridge binding, with the binder\'s stamp to the verso of front endpaper.
Lays of Ancient Rome is a collection of narrative poems recounting episodes from early Roman history. The poems have strong dramatic and tragic themes. His two poems inspired by recent history are also included, Ivry and The Armada.
Thomas Babington Macaulay was a British historian and politician. His historical works have been hailed as literary masterpieces.
CONDITION
In a full calf binding with gilt stamping to the spine. Externally, generally smart with patches of rubbing to the spine, joints and extremities. Gilt stamping to spine has been removed from rubbing andspine is lacking spine label. Spine has faded in colour as well. Binder\'s stamp to verso of front endpaper, Gray Cambridge. Prize inscription to recto of front free endpaper, \'Presented to Charles Reed as a Prize for an Essay on \'The Seasons\'; With the best wishes of his teacher, Burchell Aughton, Dec 18th 1857\'. Loosely inserted to rear is a small hymn book from the \'Thanksgiving Service, Common-Close Chapel, Tuesday Evening Feb 27th 1872\'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges with instances of scattered spots throughout, heavier to endpapers. Overall: GOOD.
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