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Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera. Two Volumes
by Horace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Londini : [prostant apud Gul. Sandby in vico dicto Fleetstreet., 1749. SCARCE early edition, much favored for its engravings Title-pages in red and black (both with large engraved portrait of Horace), vi, [4], 156, 157-396. Typis Jacobi Bettenham, Aug. 10, 1749. Variant: the list of plates following the dedication is printed on two leaves. With engraved frontispiece Vol. I of a group of 12 angels, the central angel playing a harp, and 35 full-page engraved plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, single gilt rule covers, smooth spine with gilt rules in seven compartments, plain pale yellow endpapers, marbled edges. The bookplate of Charles Dymoke Williaume front pastedowns and a three initial period bookplate "EHF" front end pages. Very Good Plus, spines a bit sunned, light edge wear. . First Sandby Edition . Straight - Grain Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008409
- Title
- Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera. Two Volumes
- Author
- Horace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Sandby Edition
- Publisher
- [prostant apud Gul. Sandby in vico dicto Fleetstreet.
- Place of Publication
- Londini
- Date Published
- 1749
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Fine Bindings; Eighteenth Century;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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