Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada [Rose Trollope's Copy Signed and Dated by Her] by Lord Macauley [Trollope, Anthony; Trollope, Rose Heseltine] - 1889

London: William W. Gibbings, 1889. The Museum Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A Very Good copy of the "Museum" edition of these notable works in the Publisher's original brown cloth with the spine lettered in gilt and the front board decorated in black, BEING ROSE HESELTINE TROLLOPE'S COPY SIGNED BY HER ON THE HALF-TITLE AND THERE DATED BY HER "1892". While this "Museum" edition provides a later printing of the two notable Lord Macauley works therein contained, the book is distinguished by having been Rose Trollope's copy, signed and dated by her as noted above. Born Rose Heseltine in 1821, she married the great Victorian Era author Anthony Trollope in June of 1844 while Anthony Trollope, employed by the Post Office and working in Ireland, had barely commenced his writing career and had not yet completed his first novel, "The Macdermots of Ballycloran". An important aid in Anthony Trollope's writing career, Rose Trollope advised him on his female characters, checked his manuscripts before they were sent off to publishers, and kept his financial records for him. Items signed by Rose Trollope are Rare to the market and this book is the only item signed by her that we ever have seen in over 35 years of diligent searching for Trollope scarcities and rarities. A Very Good copy, SIGNED AND DATED BY ROSE TROLLOPE. RARE INDEED.