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In our Catalogue this is Booknumber J65671

Author Mills,Alfred
Title PICTURES OF ROMAN HISTORY in Miniature
PlacePub London
Publisher Darton,Harvey,Darton & Harris 2nd edition
Date 1812
Illustrations Engraved plates (48 printed on one side only) by Alfred Mills
Description MINIATURE Book 62x58mm printed boards (spine lacks 15x9mm of paper at head and some at foot/spine paper creased/paper darkened/worn to edges) 96pgs name on FEP (Osborne Collection p169 only has later edition, cf. Moon 547(2) Bondy p63). *This was the second title to appear in this series - first was The Short History of the Bible. These miniature books were issued in boards priced 1s/6d as here & a roan edition at 2s/-. The boards are scarcer as they tended to split at the hinge and lose their covers. Although the spine has a few lacunae this is a decent cover. The 48 little engravings are charming.
Booknumber J65671
Price Price: GBP 87.00 or USD 143.00
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