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Transcription: The comic history of Rome. By Gilbert Abbott A Beckett. Illustrated by John Leech. Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 11, Bouverie Street.
The title is surrounded by various figures from the history of Rome, including soldiers, babies, and other figures.
"Tarquinius Superbus makes himself King." Hand-colored steel engraving by John Leech.
A fight breaks out as a man in a red toga takes the throne, while other men in white look on disapprovingly.
"Flaminius restoring liberty to Greece at the Isthmian Games." Hand-colored steel engraving by John Leech.
Flowers are showered upon the Emperor by the surrounding crowd as he holds a red hat on a stick.
"Cicero denouncing Catiline." Hand-colored steel engraving by John Leech.
Cicero, standing and holding a scroll in his hand, yells at a man seated in the right-hand corner, while others look on.