![HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus (65-8 B.C.). De satyra. Amsterdam: B. & A. Elzevir, 1629. 3 parts in 2 volumes, 16º (117 x 68mm). Part 3 with the 3 final blanks. Engraved title in part 1, woodcut device on title of part 3. (Part 3 bound before part 2, part 2 lacks the final blank, title backed in part 3, inner margin of A8 reinforced.) Slightly contrasting contemporary French red morocco, sides with gilt arms of Emmanuel-Joseph de Vignerot [Olivier 2315, fer 2], monogram in compartments of spine, green lettering piece, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: Emmanuel-Joseph de Vignerot, comte de Richelieu (1639-1665) -- Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861; bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10266_0125_000(horatius_flaccus_quintus_de_satyra_amsterdam_b_a_elzevir_1629_3_parts095953).jpg?w=1)
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HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus (65-8 B.C.). De satyra. Amsterdam: B. & A. Elzevir, 1629. 3 parts in 2 volumes, 16º (117 x 68mm). Part 3 with the 3 final blanks. Engraved title in part 1, woodcut device on title of part 3. (Part 3 bound before part 2, part 2 lacks the final blank, title backed in part 3, inner margin of A8 reinforced.) Slightly contrasting contemporary French red morocco, sides with gilt arms of Emmanuel-Joseph de Vignerot [Olivier 2315, fer 2], monogram in compartments of spine, green lettering piece, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: Emmanuel-Joseph de Vignerot, comte de Richelieu (1639-1665) -- Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861; bookplate).
A handsome copy in red morocco with interesting provenance: Vignerot inherited Cardinal de Richelieu's library; while Frances Currer was 'England's earliest female bibliophile' (De Ricci), whose library and collection placed her 'at the head of all female collectors in Europe' (Dibdin). Her library was surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer, the Duke of Devonshire and the Duke of Buckingham. Willems 314.
A handsome copy in red morocco with interesting provenance: Vignerot inherited Cardinal de Richelieu's library; while Frances Currer was 'England's earliest female bibliophile' (De Ricci), whose library and collection placed her 'at the head of all female collectors in Europe' (Dibdin). Her library was surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer, the Duke of Devonshire and the Duke of Buckingham. Willems 314.
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