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HORACE (65-8 B.C.). Opera. London: John Pine, 1733-37. 2 volumes, 8°, (226 x 135mm), all-engraved by Pine with frontispiece in each vol., plate at end of vol. I, illustrations, some full-page, vignettes, and ornamental initials (staining to plate at end of vol. I which is partially detached), contemporary French black morocco, covers with gilt dentelle, gilt-panelled spines with floral tooling, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (lightly rubbed). Provenance: early shelf-marks on titles and front endpaper.
FIRST ISSUE with "POST.EST" around the Caesar medal on p. 108. "Swift Dean of St. Patrick" is included in the subscribers' list from Dublin (vol. II). Brunet II, 320; Cohen-De Ricci 497; Ray English p. 3. (2)
FIRST ISSUE with "POST.EST" around the Caesar medal on p. 108. "Swift Dean of St. Patrick" is included in the subscribers' list from Dublin (vol. II). Brunet II, 320; Cohen-De Ricci 497; Ray English p. 3. (2)
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