History of Romulus / by Jacob Abbott ; with forty-nine illustrations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879, author.

Contributor:

Dennis, Dexter L. (Dexter Lawrence), 1891-1969, associated name, former owner.

Henry Altemus Company, publisher.

Series:

Altemus' young people's library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romulus, King of Rome.

Romulus.

Rome--History--To 510 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History

children's literature.

Publishers' advertisements.

Physical Description:

[2], v-ix, [1] 7-244, 12 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm

Other Title:

Romulus

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Henry Altemus Company, [1900]

Summary:

This volume covers Romulus (c. 771 BC - 717 BC), the mythic founder of Rome with his twin brother and rival Remus, from the flight from Troy of their ancestors to the beginning of the great city, the Sabine War, and much more.

Notes:

Binding is format 2, subformat c for Altemus' young people's library, used in later 1900. See www.henryaltemus.com/series/series202F2.htm (viewed 4 August 2026).

Title page in red within a green floriate border; green illustrated endpapers.

"Altemus' young people's library" [publisher's advertisement]: Pages 1-16 (second count).

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare DG233.3 .A16 1900 purchased for the Penn Libraries from Patrick Richardson Graham in 2011. Manuscript inscription ("to Dexter L. Dennis from Aunt Puss.") on verso of frontispiece plate, probably recording the gift of this volume to Dexter Lawrence Dennis (1891-1969) from either his paternal aunt Elizabeth G. Dennis (1859-1931) or one of his three maternal aunts, Mary E. King (née Jameson; b. 1865), Maud M. Jameson (1874-1947) or Eva C. Jameson (1877-1942).

OCLC:

1609955443