Juvenalis, Decius Junius and Persius Flaccus, Aulus

Decii Junii Juvenalis Aquinatis Satiræ Decem et Sex

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[excudebat Carolus Whittingham] Londini [i.e. London] 1845 Auli Persii Flacci Satiræ Sex. Each pagewith a red decorative border. 4to. [285 x 222 x 26 mm]. Contemporary binding by Riviere (signed on the front endleaf with an ink pallet) of polished calf, the covers with a gilt border composed of two fillets and a floral roll. The spine divided into six panels with gilt compartments, lettered in the second on a red goatskin label, the others tooled with flowers, sprigs etc, the edges of the boards and turn-ins tooled with a gilt zig-zag roll, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. (A few dark spots on the covers and one panel on the spine slightly rubbed). A fine copy of this handsome edition of Juvenal and Persius, printed by Whittingham. There is a preliminary leaf with a printed presentation from E.C. Hawtrey, the headmaster of Eton, completed by hand with the name of the recipient, Ramsay, and the date 1849. This is also in a red border. The binding by Riviere is an early and typically neat example of his work. Robert Riviere was apprenticed to a London binder before setting up business in Bath in 1829. He returned to London in about 1840 and was soon established as one of the foremost West End binders.

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• ordernr.: ebc2496

• bookseller: George Bayntun (GREAT BRITAIN)