Ancient Rome

London: Printed by C. Wittingham for J. Sharpe et al., 1810. 4 volume set, bound in 2, 5 inches tall. A delightful little Regency set bound in full plum straight grain morocco with gilt bands and ornate gilt tooling on a flat back. A gilt roll frames the boards. All edges gilt. An engraved frontispiece to each volume. Some foxing to and facing the engravings, otherwise clean. With a neat ink former owner's name 'John Pocock Jnr.' on the title pages of volumes I and III, otherwise clean. A charming little set of the works of one of the greatest Latin poets, in English including three of the most famous poems in Latin literature, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.

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.

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.