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ASHENDENE PRESS -- HORACE. Quinti Horati Flacci Carmina Alcaica. Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1903. 2 volumes, 8° (186 x 125mm). Printed in Subiaco type in black and with some red, opening initial capital in gold, other initial capitals in alternating red and blue by Graily Hewitt. Green morocco gilt by W.H. Smith (spine very lightly faded). Provenance: Charles Harry St. John Hornby (1867-1946) and Cicely Rachel Emily Barclay (gift inscriptions to each volumes dated 1903 and 1904 to:) -- Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868-1928) and Esther Smith -- William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (1903-1948; book label).
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ASHENDENE PRESS -- HORACE. Quinti Horati Flacci Carmina Alcaica. Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1903. 2 volumes, 8° (186 x 125mm). Printed in Subiaco type in black and with some red, opening initial capital in gold, other initial capitals in alternating red and blue by Graily Hewitt. Green morocco gilt by W.H. Smith (spine very lightly faded). Provenance: Charles Harry St. John Hornby (1867-1946) and Cicely Rachel Emily Barclay (gift inscriptions to each volumes dated 1903 and 1904 to:) -- Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868-1928) and Esther Smith -- William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (1903-1948; book label).
LIMITED EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY from the printer Charles Harry St. John Hornby and his wife to Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden and his wife Esther Smith. One of 150 copies of an edition of 175 of which 25 printed on vellum; only 125 copies on paper were announced as being for sale. Steele pp. 45-48; Hornby XVII. (2)
LIMITED EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY from the printer Charles Harry St. John Hornby and his wife to Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden and his wife Esther Smith. One of 150 copies of an edition of 175 of which 25 printed on vellum; only 125 copies on paper were announced as being for sale. Steele pp. 45-48; Hornby XVII. (2)
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Please note the two books in the present lot, Quinti Horati Flacci Carmina Alcaica and Quinti Horati Flacci Carmina Sapphica were issued separately by the Ashendene Press and are recorded as no. XV and no. XVII in the Press' bibliography by Hornby.