PICKERING, William (1796-1854, publisher) -- HORACE. Quintus Horatius Flaccus. London: William Pickering, 1820. 24° (83 x 43mm). Diamond type, engraved portrait by R. Graves, corrigenda slip. (Light soiling and browning to first three leaves.) Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, erotic fore-edge painting (some scuffing, extremities lightly rubbed).

PICKERING, William (1796-1854, publisher) -- HORACE. Quintus Horatius Flaccus. London: William Pickering, 1820. 24° (83 x 43mm). Diamond type, engraved portrait by R. Graves, corrigenda slip. (Light soiling and browning to first three leaves.) Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, erotic fore-edge painting (some scuffing, extremities lightly rubbed).

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PICKERING, William (1796-1854, publisher) -- HORACE. Quintus Horatius Flaccus. London: William Pickering, 1820. 24° (83 x 43mm). Diamond type, engraved portrait by R. Graves, corrigenda slip. (Light soiling and browning to first three leaves.) Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, erotic fore-edge painting (some scuffing, extremities lightly rubbed).

Pickering's first book in the Diamond Classic series with a fore-edge painting that reflects the erotic nature of some of the poems. With 4 other books, 3 with erotic fore-edges. (5)

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