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8vo., First Edition, with an engraved frontispiece and illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; attractively bound in contemporary full calf BY BICKERS, sides with double frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in gilt, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with brown leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, joints lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean crisp copy. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. First appearance of this famous collection of European poetry (chiefly English; from Shakespeare onmwards) translated into classical verse by members of the school. The original and classical texts are given in parallel on facing pages. A lovely copy.