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Opera, cum variis lectionibus, notis variorum, et indice locupletissimo
by [HORACE] HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus. COMBE, Charles (editor)
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- Seller
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: W. Browne and J. Warren, for T. Payne and J. Edwards, 1793. Quarto, two volumes, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Combe (foxed); a very fine set in a most handsome contemporary binding of straight-grained red morocco, sides with triple gilt roll borders, spine compartments banded in gilt beside double raised bands, lettered in gilt, all edges gilt.
A stunning copy of this luxurious and "very magnificent and valuable edition; the text of which is formed chiefly on that of Gesner' (Moss, Manual of Classical Bibliography).
Charles Combe (1743-1817), a physician, began the project of this massive edit of Horace (the footnotes are a great deal longer than the text) along with the classical scholar Henry Homer (1752-1791). Combe brought it to completion after Homer's death and it was published as two separate volumes over two years. Aside from the quality of its printing and composition, the London Horace of 1792-1793 is noted for its exhaustive commentaries. Accordingly, this 'variorum' edition compares and publishes known textual variations (in collating the known texts of Horace the editor consulted the first printed edition of 1470 alongside seven manuscript copies held in the Harleian Collection).
A contemporary evaluation in the Critical Review of 1796 applauds the quality of this edition: 'With regard to the typographical merits of the present work, they must be acknowledged to be great. It is printed on fine wove paper; the type is excellent, and the press-work is extremely clear and neat. The margin is also spacious, and the arrangement such as does the printers much credit.'
. Provenance: Edward Clive (later Herbert), grandson of Clive of India, with armorial bookplates.Reviews
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5000762
- Title
- Opera, cum variis lectionibus, notis variorum, et indice locupletissimo
- Author
- [HORACE] HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus. COMBE, Charles (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Browne and J. Warren, for T. Payne and J. Edwards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1793
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Hordern House Rare Books
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Surry Hills, New South Wales
About Hordern House Rare Books
Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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