Ancient Rome

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. Full morocco, 6 3/4 inches tall. A splendid full crushed morocco by Birdsall binding in pristine condition with gilt raised bands and exquisite gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt top edge, the remaining edges being deckled. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. From the Royal Library Belles Lettres Series. A deluxe edition of this neat Humpreys printings on heavy hand-made paper.

London: Seeley and Co., 1894. Full calf, 8 inches tall. A splendid Victorian tree calf with gilt raised bands, bright twin labels, fine gilt tooling to the panels and twin gilt fillets framing the boards. A neat ink inscription, dated Christmas 1909, is to be found on the reverse of the front pastedown endpaper. With 24 plates illustrating this retelling of these 2000 year old epic Roman tales.