A History of Rome: from the Foundation of the City to the Sole Rule of Julius Caesar

Theodor Mommsen, author W.P. Dickson, translator

This abridged edition first published by The Folio Society, London, 2006

This edition is divided into five 'books', beginning with the period prior to the abolition of the monarchy; from the abolition to the union of Italy; from the union to the subjugation of Carthage and the Greek states; to the revolution and finally the establishment of the military monarchy. In the back is a chronology, further reading section and index. 

Printed on WWF opaque  wove paper by St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, and bound by Real Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, Germany in leather with cloth sides blocked with a gilded engraving by Simon Brett. Gilded lettering on spine and three raised bands. Near Fine condition, with a plain brown slipcase with very minor scuffing, (26cm x 19cm), xi-xxiii, 771pp.

 For sale by Priory Books, Warwickshire County Record Office's secondhand bookshop