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1851 Tauchnitz Edition "Lays of Ancient Rome" and More

Item Details

A collection of three nineteenth-century books. This collection includes Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay (Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1851), The Poems of William Shakspere [sic] (London: Charles Knight and Co., 1843) and Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1894). The Shakespeare volume is bound in half leather over marbled boards, while the other two are bound in full cloth-covered boards with gilt cover decoration.

Binding Cloth on board
Complete Set No
Number of Books 3

Condition

- edge and corner wear; cap and tail wear; discoloration and foxing; shaken bindings; loose hinges; general shelf wear.

Dimensions

1.0" W x 6.5" H x 4.5" D

- measures Lays of Ancient Rome.

Item #

18BOS042-263

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