12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages; Bound in full speckled calf with red morocco title label at spine boldly and clearly tooled in gilt. Page block edges marbled; board edges rolled with a gilt pattern. Prior owner signatures to front and rear pastedowns and top edge of title page. Expected light foxing and toning scattered through text. Attractive copy of Anthon's widely read and often reprinted reference on Latin writing and poetry; quite uncommon in the 1st edition. VG+
Title: A System of Latin Prosody and Metre From the Best Authorities Ancient and Modern
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Location Published: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1841
Binding: Leather
Book Condition: Very Good+
Categories: Language and Linguistics, Classical Greek and Latin Studies
Seller ID: 26386
