Q. Horatii Flacci Opera :. cum variis lectionibus, notis variorum, et indice locupletissimo. Tomus primus[-secundus].
Horace (65 - 8 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1792 - 1793
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3188417
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 4to. Provenance: nineteenth century armorial bookplate with crest depicting a lion statant with tail extended and the Talbot motto "Prest d'accomplir" on front pastedown to both volumes. Binding: eighteenth century? gilt tooled calf; gilt tooling on edges of boards and turn-ins; gilt tooling, gilt tooled title "Horatii Opera cura Combe" and volume numbers on spine; text block edges gilded.
Makers and roles
Horace (65 - 8 BC), author Charles Combe (1743-1817), editor