BINDING

Vol. II

The binding of this volume is a facsimile of the original on exhibition
in the Bibliothèque Nationale.

It was executed by the Royal Binder, Clovis Eve, for Marie de' Médicis,
Queen Consort of Henry IV of France. She was a great lover of fine arts,
and especially of rich bindings. The one here shown was her special
pride. It shows her arms--the arms of France and Tuscany--surrounded
with the cordelière, the sign of her widowhood, accompanied by the
monogram M.M. (Marie Médicis). She was exiled by Cardinal Richelieu in
1631.




CONTENTS


VOLUME II

An Outline Narrative of the Great Events,
CHARLES F. HORNE

Institution and Fall of the Decemvirate in Rome (B.C. 450),