Stories from Livy, Church, Rev. Alfred. J.; lithographs by Pinelli. Published by Seeley and Co., Limited, London, England, 1895. Seventh Thousand. Small 8vo up to 9½” tall., 277pp. with 16 coloured lithographs by Pinelli. Embossed illustrated front board with gilt titles and fleurettes; black endpapers. Date of 1902, name and examination award in neat black ink script on endpaper. Slight spotting to tissue guard not affecting the following frontispiece. All plates and pages are clean and free of markings. Binding is loose in a few places with one cleanly detached plate that remains in fine condition. Some bumping to board edges and corners.
A faithful rendition of Livy’s History of Rome, but simplified for the general reader. It covers the period from the founding of Rome through the Samnite Wars (about 750 to 300 B.C.). Famous stories of the Roman kings, and such early heroes as Horatius, Coriolanus, Cincinnatus, Camillus, Manlius, and Mucius Scaevola are related.
