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Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera
by Horatius Flaccus, Quintus [Horace]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Pine [Iohannes Pine], 1733. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Two volumes. Contemporary full crimson leather, intricately tooled in a 'cottage' design on all boards. Sometime rebacked in matching leather. The reback is itself a work of art: The spines are in 6 compartments, separated by raised bands tooled in gilt. The second compartments contain the title bordered in simple gilt lines; the third contain the volume numbers surrounded by intricate gilt corners; and the remaining compartments are filled with gilt tooling in repeating designs and echoing the 18th century board designs. Original marbled endpapers. Gilt rolls along edges and inner dentelles. The text is entirely engraved and complemented by engraved initials, head and tail pieces, text illustrations and full page frontispieces. First issue, with the misprint on p. 108 of Vol. II. Light wear to boards. A fine and handsome copy of a fine and handsome edition. ESYC T46226.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18210
- Title
- Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera
- Author
- Horatius Flaccus, Quintus [Horace]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Pine [Iohannes Pine]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1733
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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