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Quinti horatii flacci opera, ad fidem editionis gesnero-zeunianae
by HORACE, Quintus Flaccus
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Londini [i.e. London]: Sumptu J. Rodwell et al., 1815. viii, 245pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, slight splitting to upper joint, chipping to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of R. J. Dickinson to FEP, occasional creasing. An early nineteenth century edition of the works of Roman lyric poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC) edited by German classical scholars Johann Matthias Gesner (1691-1761) and Johanne Carl Zeune (1736-1788). . 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ22268
- Title
- Quinti horatii flacci opera, ad fidem editionis gesnero-zeunianae
- Author
- HORACE, Quintus Flaccus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Sumptu J. Rodwell et al.
- Place of Publication
- Londini [i.e. London]
- Date Published
- 1815
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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