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pp. xxvii, 192 + 8 (plates). Gilt stamped illustration on front board. Owner’s name on ffep dated in the year of publication, occasional pencilled note to text &, having removed the rfep, the last blank & rear pastedown are given over to his 3pp addenda (in ink) of quotations overlooked by the editor from among others; Aeschylus, Horace, Lucretius, Virgil, Milton, Erasmus Darwin, Shelley, Wordsworth, Swinburne, Hopkins… Offsetting at end papers & one or two spots of foxing. A touch of rubbing to head of slightly rolled spine. Scarce.