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[LIVINGSTON ASSOCIATION]. MACAULAY, Thomas Babington (1800-1859). Lays of Ancient Rome. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847. Small 4to (205 x 163 mm). Illustrated throughout by George Scharf, Jun. Bound by Mayday in contemporary full dark brown morocco, boards decoratively paneled in gilt, spine ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, 4 raised bands, board-edges and turn-ins in blind, all edges gilt (spine sunned and somewhat worn, joints and corners worn, some rubbing, minor soiling to boards, hinges starting, text foxed). WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF JULIA LIVINGSTON, DAUGHTER OF MATURIN LIVINGSTON, WITH A GIFT INSCRIPTION BY HIS WIDOW TO JULIA. Maturin Livingston (1769-1847) was a prominent New York lawyer and politician. In 1769, he had heated correspondence with Founding Father Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), in which Hamilton thought Livingston had insulted him. They must have worked it out, as Hamilton’s grandson, Alexander Hamilton, Jr., married Livingston’s daughter, Angelica.