The odes, epodes, and carmen seculare of Horace, translated into English prose, as near as the two languages will admit. Together with the original Latin from the best editions. Wherein the words of the Latin text are put in their grammatical order; the observations of the most valuable commentators, both antient and modern, represented; and the author's design and beautiful descriptions fully set forth in a key annexed to each ode and poem; with notes both geographical and historical. The whole adapted to the capacities of youth at school, as well as of private gentlemen. By David Watson, M.A. ... Revised by a gentleman well-skilled in this sort of literature at London.
Horace (65 - 8 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1741
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3197546
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxviii, 463, [13] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 5306. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "ς'." [i.e. stigma' = Greek number 6]. Former shelfmark in pencil: "3 F 22". Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; double gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets and title label on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Horace (65 - 8 BC), author James Douglas (1675-1742) , cataloguer Samuel Patrick (1684-1748) David Watson (1710 - 1756)