1892. No Edition Remarks. 389 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front and rear free endpaper. Light cracking and creasing to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
William Warde Fowler was an English historian and ornithologist, and tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford. He was best known for his works on ancient Roman religion.