Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada

A pleasing new illustration edition of Lord Macaulay's historical poems, bound in gilt-decorated calf. A new edition.Bound in pleasing full red calf, with gilt detailing.Illustrated with a frontispiece and an array of illustrations to the text by John Reinhard Weguelin, an English artist who specialised in figurative paintings of the neo-classical style.'Lays of Ancient Rome' is a collection of narrative poems, originally published in 1842, from British historian and Whig politician, Thomas Babington Macaulay.Four of the poems recount heroic episodes from early Roman history, with two additional works 'Ivry' and 'The Armada' inspired by more contemporary historical events. In full red calf binding, with gilt detailing. Externally, smart, with rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Slight fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light spotting to the endpapers and a small ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good.