[Bindings] Decii Junii Juvenalis [Juvenal]; Auli Persii Flacci [Persius]

Aquinatis Satirae Decem et Sex [and] Satirae Sex

Londini [London]: Excudebat Carolus Whittingham / Chiswick, 1845. Very Good. Item #32774

Londini [London]: Excudebat Carolus Whittingham / Chiswick, 1845. Quarto. Unpaginated. Bound by Riviere in full brown morocco; front and rear board and spine decorated in gilt; five raised bands; gilt turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; ribbon; each page of text with decorative red border. Preliminary leaf with a printed presentation from E.C. Hawtrey, the headmaster of Eton, completed by hand with the name of the recipient, Wynne, and the date 1849 Light wear to edges and joints; corners bumped; general scuffing. Binding sound. Armorial bookplate of Liberal Tory politician Charles Arthur Wynne Finch to front pastedown; ownership inscriptions from 1960s to preliminary leaf in pencil; occasional smudging; overall a Very Good and handsome copy of the Roman poets' works.

Price: $250.00