QVINTI HORATII FLACCI OPERA by Pine, John [engraver]: Horace - 1733

Londini: Aeneis Tabulis incidit Johannes Pine, 1733. Two volumes. [30],264,[2]; [22],191,[15]pp. Large octavos (22.5 x 14.5 cm). Full early 19th century gilt red morocco, a.e.g., rebacked to style at a later date, backstrips gilt extra. Frontis in each volume. Extensive lists of subscribers in each volume. Foretips and spine ends worn, early ink name on first title ("John Hogan"), two 19th century gift inscriptions on verso of free endsheet of first volume, bookplate of C.E. Mathews, Four Oaks, in each volume, some marginal dusting and occasional spotting; a good, sound set. First edition, second issue of this beautiful edition, engraved by Pine throughout with text, plates, portraits, vignettes, and initials. This second issue has the corrected reading 'Potest' in the caption to the Caesar medallion on II:108. The printed "List of Antiques" which occurs in some copies is not present in this set - it is present in only one of the three Rothschild sets. "Pine's complete command of his craft makes this the most elegant of English eighteenth-century books in which text and illustrations alike are entirely engraved"- Ray. "Ouvrage très recherché ... " - Cohen - De Ricci. ROTHSCHILD 1546. Ray, ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND, p. 3. BRUNET III:320. COHEN -DE RICCI, pp.497-8. ESTC T46226.