HORACE. Opera, London: John Pine, 1733-1737, 2 volumes, 8°, second issue with "potest" reading on Caesar's medal, vol. II, p. 108, engraved throughout (a little light offsetting), contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e. (spines rubbed, spine of vol. I repaired, corners bumped). Provenance Sir John Eliot, Bart.; Algernon Peckover (armorial bookplates). [Brunet III.320, "Cette édition . . . est remarquable par l'élégance des ornements"; Lowndes 1113].

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HORACE. Opera, London: John Pine, 1733-1737, 2 volumes, 8°, second issue with "potest" reading on Caesar's medal, vol. II, p. 108, engraved throughout (a little light offsetting), contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e. (spines rubbed, spine of vol. I repaired, corners bumped). Provenance Sir John Eliot, Bart.; Algernon Peckover (armorial bookplates). [Brunet III.320, "Cette édition . . . est remarquable par l'élégance des ornements"; Lowndes 1113].
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