Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and The Armada

A new edition of Lord Macaulay's popular illustrated book of narrative poems. A new edition of this noted collection of pomes by Thomas Babington Macaulay. The illustrated edition. In prize binding from Wallasey Grammar School, with bookplate to front pastedown.Comprising a selection of narrative poems, four of which narrate heroic episodes from early Roman history, dealing with dramatic and tragic events.IvryandThe Armada were inspired by more recent history.Each poem is introduced with a short description of the legends they were inspired from.With an extensive Preface by the author.With forty one impressive illustrations by J. R. Weguelin. In full calf binding with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine and extremities, school coats of arms to front board, gilt to edges, new marbled endpapers. Externally bumped to head and tail of spine, joints cracked, holding firm. Loss to head of spine, head of back strip with title label loosely inserted. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Good.…