Octavo. Pp. xii, 308 +[10]ff. plates. First edition, first Issue, without "& Co." in Bradbury & Evans imprint. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings, and with 10 hand-colored steel engraved plates. A witty burlesque on Roman history, a staple of education for the Victorian schoolboy. A very good to near fine copy in pebbled green cloth, with pictorial gilt vignettes to spine and front cover. A.e.g. Light wear to extremities, and rubbing to covers. Internally immaculate.

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Title: The Comic History of Rome
Publisher: Bradbury and Evans, London
Publication Date: 1852
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: John Leech
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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