Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera ad optimorum exemplarium fidem recensita. Accesserunt variae lectiones, quae in libris MSS. & eruditorum commentariis notatu digniores occurrunt.
Horace (65 - 8 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1699
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3233373
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 479, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 4to. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. either William Windham II (1717-1761) or William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Former Felbrigg shelfmark in pencil: L6 (crossed-out). Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on six sewing supports; double gilt fillet border with gilt floral cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, lettered 'Horatii Opera'; blue and red sprinkled textblock edges; comb pattern marbled pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Horace (65 - 8 BC), author James Talbot (d.1708), editor Henry Cooke (1642-1700), artist Simon Gribelin (Blois 1661 - London 1733), engraver (printmaker)