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Lays of Ancient Rome
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Date: Undated, circa 1880
Size: 6-3/4 x 8-1/2 in., 222 pages
Written by Thomas Babington Macaulay
James Miller, Publisher
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800 – 1859) was a British poet, historian and politician. He published this series of popular ballads about heroic episodes in Roman history in 1842.
The tiltle page of this handsomely produced book states this to be a "New Edition" generously illustrated with wood engravings by George Scharf. There is also a tissue-protected front portrait engraving of Macaulay.
James Miller published in New York City from the 1860s to the 1890s. An 1877 "Publisher's Weekly" contains a small announcement that "James Miller, publisher and bookseller, will remove May 1st from his present quarters to 779 Broadway." This dates the book after the 1877 move.
CONDITION: Near Fine. This is an unusually well-preserved copy of a beautifully designed book. It is clean and tightly bound in a hardcover of chocolate-brown cloth with finely detailed gilt, black and blind stamping: gilt and black on front cover and spine, blind stamping on rear cover. Deep brown endpapers match the cloth color. All page edges are gilt.
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![Lays of Ancient Rome
[b][u]Date[/u]: Undated, circa 1880
[u]Size[/u]: 6-3/4 x 8-1/2 in., 222 pages
Written by Thomas Babington Macaulay
James Miller, Publisher
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800 – 1859) was a British poet, historian and politician. He published this series of popular ballads about heroic episodes in Roman history in 1842.
The tiltle page of this handsomely produced book states this to be a "New Edition" generously illustrated with wood engravings by George Scharf. There is also a tissue-protected front portrait engraving of Macaulay.
James Miller published in New York City from the 1860s to the 1890s. An 1877 "Publisher's Weekly" contains a small announcement that "James Miller, publisher and bookseller, will remove May 1st from his present quarters to 779 Broadway." This dates the book after the 1877 move.
[u]CONDITION[/u]: Near Fine. This is an unusually well-preserved copy of a beautifully designed book. It is clean and tightly bound in a hardcover of chocolate-brown cloth with finely detailed gilt, black and blind stamping: gilt and black on front cover and spine, blind stamping on rear cover. Deep brown endpapers match the cloth color. All page edges are gilt.[/b]](albums/userpics/14285/normal_Lays_of_Ancient_Rome_bmp.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Lays of Ancient Rome
[b][u]Date[/u]: Undated, circa 1880
[u]Size[/u]: 6-3/4 x 8-1/2 in., 222 pages
Written by Thomas Babington Macaulay
James Miller, Publisher
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800 – 1859) was a British poet, historian and politician. He published this series of popular ballads about heroic episodes in Roman history in 1842.
The tiltle page of this handsomely produced book states this to be a \"New Edition\" generously illustrated with wood engravings by George Scharf. There is also a tissue-protected front portrait engraving of Macaulay.
James Miller published in New York City from the 1860s to the 1890s. An 1877 \"Publisher's Weekly\" contains a small announcement that \"James Miller, publisher and bookseller, will remove May 1st from his present quarters to 779 Broadway.\" This dates the book after the 1877 move.
[u]CONDITION[/u]: Near Fine. This is an unusually well-preserved copy of a beautifully designed book. It is clean and tightly bound in a hardcover of chocolate-brown cloth with finely detailed gilt, black and blind stamping: gilt and black on front cover and spine, blind stamping on rear cover. Deep brown endpapers match the cloth color. All page edges are gilt.[/b]")
