Gallus: or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus; With Notes and Excursus Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Romans. Translated from the German of Professor Becker. by Becker, Professor, (translated by Metcalfe, Frederick):

London: John W. Parker, 1844 First edition of this English translation. HB. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with blind-stamped decorations to front and back covers. HB. xix, 421pp. Yellow endpapers. With line drawings in text. This copy has two loosely inserted enclosures of relevance: A pamphlet on the Augustan Exhibition of 1937, and some notes by previous owner on Roman Britain. Good+ copy overall: the pages are very good, clean and well bound, with darkened closed edges. The covers are clean but the spine cloth has splits and wear to edges and splits across centre. Two owner's details neatly to front free endpaper.