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LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME
by MACAULAY, LORD
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1881. New Edition. 202 x 140 mm. (8 x 5 3/8"). xxxix, [i], 191, [1] pp.
HANDSOME BROWN MOROCCO BY RIVIERE (stamp-signed in ink on front free endpaper), gilt in a fanfare design, with a central medallion with gilt lettering, raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments with either a floral motif or gilt lettering, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. With 41 illustrations by J. R. Weguelin. Front free endpaper with ink signature of J. M. Bruce-Gardyne (1930-90), journalist and Conservative politician. ◆In very fine condition.
In a beautifully gilt binding by Riviere, this is an excellent copy of historian, essayist, and poet Thomas Babington Macaulay's poetic retelling of stories from ancient Roman history. With this "Lays of Ancient Rome," originally published in 1842 and its many subsequent editions, Macaulay (1800-59) acted on the hypothesis that the early books of the ancient Roman historian Livy (64 or 59 B.C.-17 A.D.) were based upon long-lost oral poetry that had been rendered into prose. With the goal of returning Livy's stories to their original form, he expressed them in ballads for readers of English..
HANDSOME BROWN MOROCCO BY RIVIERE (stamp-signed in ink on front free endpaper), gilt in a fanfare design, with a central medallion with gilt lettering, raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments with either a floral motif or gilt lettering, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. With 41 illustrations by J. R. Weguelin. Front free endpaper with ink signature of J. M. Bruce-Gardyne (1930-90), journalist and Conservative politician. ◆In very fine condition.
In a beautifully gilt binding by Riviere, this is an excellent copy of historian, essayist, and poet Thomas Babington Macaulay's poetic retelling of stories from ancient Roman history. With this "Lays of Ancient Rome," originally published in 1842 and its many subsequent editions, Macaulay (1800-59) acted on the hypothesis that the early books of the ancient Roman historian Livy (64 or 59 B.C.-17 A.D.) were based upon long-lost oral poetry that had been rendered into prose. With the goal of returning Livy's stories to their original form, he expressed them in ballads for readers of English..
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- Bookseller
- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST13599-40
- Title
- LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME
- Author
- MACAULAY, LORD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1881
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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McMinnville, Oregon
About Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books an Manuscripts was established in 1978 on a ping pong table in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the beginning, its founder was willing to sell a range of material, but over the years, the business has gravitated toward historical artifacts that are physically attractive in some way--illuminated material, fine bindings, books printed on vellum, fore-edge paintings, beautiful typography and paper, impressive illustration. Today, the company still sells a wide range of things, from (scruffy) ninth century leaves to biblical material from all periods to Wing and STC imprints to modern private press books to artists' bindings. While we are forgiving about condition when something is of considerable rarity, we always try to obtain the most attractive copies possible of whatever we offer for sale.
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