Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron. Lays of Ancient Rome. Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow. Circa 1889. 128 printed pages. Binding design & title page by Jessie M. King (1875-1949). Jessie Marion King was a Scottish illustrator known for her illustrated children's books. She also designed bookplates, jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery. King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. Dainty Little Library series, 35. Original black endpaper. 60 x 90 mm. Original publisher's cream calf. Gilt lettering within art nouveau style decorative borders. Tiny area of loss on front cover. The Dainty Little Library saw Bryce re-packaging around thirteen or so classics from the Golden Thoughts and Tartan Series, with art-nouveau re-designed title pages and bindings by Jessie Marion King (1875-1949), a Scottish female children’s book illustrator of high esteem. Volumes 1-5 were Lord Tennyson’s works. 6 and 7 were by Walter Scott. 8 and 9 were Robert Burns title. 10 to 12 were by Wordsworth, Thomas Moore, and Macaulay respectively. All in attractive limp leather bindings of harlequin colours. Garbett, 49. Welsh, 4758. OCLC, 561631546. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide.