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Sale 412: Fine Books & Manuscripts (#412) 09/17/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/17/2009 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #93 The Comic History of Rome

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Description

Heading:

(Leech, John)

Title:

The Comic History of Rome

Author:

A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Bradbury & Evans

Date Published:

[1852]

Description:

xi, 308 pp. Illustrated with 10 hand-colored steel engraved plates by John Leech; wood engravings in the text. 8¼x5¼, three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards, spine tooled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. First Edition in Book Form.

A'Beckett's delightful examination of the people and times of the Roman Empire, with John Leech's inimitable drawings, brightly hand colored.

Condition:

Light wear at extremities, hinges cracked; very good.

Item#:

202359

Headline:

The Comic History of Rome
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