Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Johannis Baskerville [John Baskerville]
1770
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A finely bound edition of Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
- Horace (Roman).
- Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville [John Baskerville], 1770.
- Quarto.
- 344 pages.
- With engraved title vignette.
- Large paper edition, the first in quarto format and the first to use Whatman's new wove paper.
- Half title reads: "Quinti Horatii Flacci Carminum Libri Quatuor."
- Bound in full red morocco, with gilt tooling to boards and banded spine, with gilt-lettered black leather spine labels, all edges gilt, with marbled end papers.
Condition Report
GoodLacking engraved frontispiece and four engraved plates.
Boards show moderate wear to leather along joints.
Some wear to corners.
Some scratches and discoloration to boards.
Very light age toning to pages throughout interior.
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