Livy Book I

Livy Book I with Introduction, Notes and Exercises by John Brown, with illustrations. London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1901. 1901 school edition of Livy Book I, edited by John Brown and published by Blackie & Son. Good condition for its age: solid boards and spine with no sunning, tight binding, and generally clean text with no internal markings. Ownership inscription on endpapers. Loosely inserted is an envelope with a handwritten letter from the father of a student to the Headmistress of Dale School, Derby, dated 13-10-75, apologising for the absence of his daughter, Hannah Morgan, due to tonsillitis. A charming period piece accompanying a well-preserved early 20th-century school text. Condition: Good.