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[King George III's copy] Martial. M. VALERII MARTIALIS EPIGRAMMATA CUM NOTIS FARNABII…. Leiden: Officina Hackiana, 1670. 7.25" x 4.25". [24], 794, [46] pp., including engraved title. KING GEORGE III's COPY with his monogram in gilt to both boards, bound in 18th c. red strait-grained morocco at the King's private bindery at Windsor. Front blank with date in pencil of February 13, [18]58, evidently purchased by Charles Butler of Warren Wood in 1858 for 15 shillings. Charles Butler (1821-1910), was a distinguished book collector who lived in London, but kept his library at Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. George III's personal bindery executed bindings from the 1780s-1820s and many of the finishing tools used are still housed at Windsor Castle. The King exhibited a bit of early madness with an obsession over bookbindings and disconcerting habit of dropping in on his bookbinders, often disturbing their lunch of "fried Sprats" A contemporary poet Peter Pindar penned " And yet our Monarch… Read More