Lays of ancient Rome : with "Ivry" and "The armada" / by Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Author
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Copyright ed.
Published/​Created
Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1851.
Description
240 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Former owner
Publisher
Rare books genre
Getty AAT genre
Related work(s)
Series
  • Collection of British and American authors ; v. 198. [More in this series]
  • [Collection of British authors ; v. 198]
Linking notes
Forms part of the Todd Collection of Photographically Illustrated Books.
Notes
  • Extra-illustrated with 25 photographs bound in; plates have miniscule numbers. Frontispiece of the author.
  • "Fanny Seymour Walker, Christmas 1897"--Written in pen on front flyleaf.
Binding note
White parchment paper with gilt border. Temple of Castor in gilt on front cover. Red and blue feathered endpapers. Edges stained red.
Contents
  • Preface
  • Horatius
  • Battle of the Lake Regillus
  • Virginia
  • The prophecy of Capys
  • Ivry : a song of the Huguenots
  • The armada : a fragment.
Provenance
Booklabel of William B. Todd.
References
Todd & Bowen. Tauchnitz international editions in English, 1841-1955, no. 198
Place name(s)
Germany Leipzig.
In
Todd Collection of Photographically Illustrated Books
OCLC
1597779
Other standard number
  • Todd no. 58;
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