Satirae decem et sex [...] Satirae sex.
by [Juvenal] Juvenalis, Decimus Junius & Persius Flaccus, Aulus
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About This Item
Londini [London]: [colophon] Chiswick, Excudebat Carolus Whittingham, 1845. 4to., pp. [192]. All pages within red typographical border. The odd spot. Contemporary calf, Eton Prize binding by Riviere, marbled endpapers, bordered with gilt rolls, gilt fleurons to corners, raised bands, spine gilt, a.e.g. Joints and boards a trifle rubbed. Eton Prize book plate from the headmaster E.C. Hawtrey to E[dward?] Howman (1847). Handsome edition by the Chiswick Press, on thick high-quality paper, lavishly bound by Riviere - an Eton College book prize. It was printed by William Pickering's business partner Charles Whittingham II at his Chiswick Press. This copy was presented to a student by Eton's great modernising headmaster, the literary scholar Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789-1862).
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- Satirae decem et sex [...] Satirae sex.
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- [Juvenal] Juvenalis, Decimus Junius & Persius Flaccus, Aulus
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Londini [London]: [colophon] Chiswick, Excudebat Carolus Whittingham, 1845.
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