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A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, with the Original Text, and Critical Notes Collected from His Best Latin and French Commentaries, in Four Volumes
by Philip Francis, D. D
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Item Price
€473.70€378.96
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About This Item
London: Printed for A. Millar , 1765. SCARC, especially in collectible condition. Bound in contemporary full calf, the backs intricately tooled in gilt, period bookplates of Thos Smyth front paste downs. Very Good, end papers toned, boards rubbed at edges, title labels rubbed, interior quite clean and lovely. Vol. I Odes, xxii, (1), 247, catalogue 5 pp.; Vol. II Odes and Carmen Seculare, 309, 1 pp advert.; Vol. III Satires, 275 pp, engraved plate bound between 274-5; Vol. IV, Epistles and Art of Poetry, 267, 1 pp advert. Engraved plate at end of Vol. III titled "The Dining Rook of Nasidienus" by Grignion. . Seventh Edition, Revised and Corrected . Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008029
- Title
- A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, with the Original Text, and Critical Notes Collected from His Best Latin and French Commentaries, in Four Volumes
- Author
- Philip Francis, D. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- Seventh Edition, Revised and Corrected
- Publisher
- Printed for A. Millar
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1765
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Eighteenth Century;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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