THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME, From the Founding of the City to the End of the Commonwealth. Illustrated by John Leech.

BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott à

Published by Bradbury Agnew & Co, London

About this Item

8vo. No date, c1880. ppXII,308 with decorated title-page printed in black & red, 10 hand-coloured steel-engraved plates including frontispiece, and numerous in-text wood engravings. All edges gilt. Original red cloth, backstrip title & vignettes and front cover vignette in gilt, both front and rear covers with blindstamped ruled borders; cream endpapers. Head and foot of backstrip a little rubbed and inwards-curled. Hinges lightly rubbed. Covers with ingrained dust- & other markings, including sizeable damp-affected patchily darkened patch over upper part of rear. Front cover a little inwards-curled towards upper outer corner, tips of all outer corners rubbed & inwards-curled. Endpapers lightly dust-marked, inner-facing sides of flyleaves a little toned - as are facing half-title at front and final page 308 at rear. Front endpapers also split along hinge, with hinge a little slack; flyleaf with two-line ownership inscription of some age. No dust jacket. Edges of text-block not quite flush. Binding still holding, main content complete and generally clean and reasonably tight. FAIR copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME, From the Founding of the City to the End of the Commonwealth. Illustrated by John Leech.
• Publisher: Bradbury Agnew & Co, London
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket