Description: Young Folks History of Rome (1878)by Charlotte M. Yonge This illustrated antique book offers a history of Rome especially written for students. It covers the history until the reign of Charles the Great on the Western empire. It was published in 1878 by D. Lothrop and Company of Boston, Mass. The front flyleaf shows the original owner was Maria Champion of Illinois and it was later given to Georgie, another family member at Christmas 1887. There are about 100 illustrations.The contents includes the wanderings of Aeneas, the Founding of Rome, Numa and Tullus, Driving Out the Tarquins, War with Porsena, Roman Government, Meneius Arippa's Fable, Coriolanus and Cincinnatus, The Decembirs, Camillus' Banishment, The Sack of Rome, and so on for 46 chapters. This book is in good/very good condition for age. There is some wear to the cover at corners and edges as shown. There is good retention of the gilt and black titles and design. The joints are intact. The hinges a somewhat cracks and holding. The binding is very good and all pages are attached. The pages and illustrations are well preserved. There are tears, no dogears and there is no internal handwriting after the family inscription on the flyleaf.There are 441 pages and the book measures 7 1/4 inches by 5 inches. We ship on the next business day after purchase and we maintain an excellent ebay customer satisfaction rating. Please check out our other ebay antiques, fine collectables, and our rare antiquarian book selection.Thank you for shopping with us. Please make us a favorite ebay seller and come again!GardenNut01 Mindy & Jack Note: We are happy to combine shipping whenever possible. We search high and wide for interesting items and we do our best to package these items well and ship promptly. If you experience problems with your order(s), please contact us through ebay's "contact seller" feature. We will do what we can to make everything right!
Price: 35.1 USD
Location: Dayton, Ohio
End Time: 2024-12-29T02:38:05.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Restocking Fee: 10%
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Place of Publication: Boston
Signed: No
Publisher: D. Lothrop & Co.
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1878
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: Europe
Author: Charlotte M. Yonge
Personalized: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Travel
