Works.. Latin and English
Horace, 65-8 B.C
Category
Books
Date
1774
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3256103
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ;. 17 cm. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Small doodles in pencil on front flyleaf; manuscript notes in ink on rear pastedown of v.1. Provenance: manuscript ownership inscription in black ink on front pastedown, 'George Wm. Blathwayt Dec. 14 1774' [= Rev. George William Blathwayt (1759-1806)]. Binding: eighteenth-century marbled brown calf over boards; sewn on five raised bands; gold tooling to spine including double fillet and floral motif to spine compartments; blind tooling to board edges; red sprinkled textblock edges; red leather spine label with 'Smart's Horace' and volume number lettered in gold.
Makers and roles
Horace, 65-8 B.C Christopher Smart (1722-1771)