"Superb Copy Large Paper 2vol In 8 "quinti Horatii Flacci Opera" Illustrated Red Morocco"
Rare copy in red morocco two volumes Gds In 8, ribbed spine decorated with beautiful golden irons, title and volume number in green morocco, boards with frames of three golden fillets, interior lace, marbled endpapers (two Ex-Libris), golden edges, title two-tone and numerous out-of-text engravings... In short, two very beautiful books from 1749 Londini; Prostant apud Gul. Sandy in vico dicto Fleetstreet. "Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera", dedicated to King George, pretty page engraved after a painting by Wilson and Hayman delin: ornaments. Engraved by Ravenet. The titles decorated with the engraved profile of Horace by FL Müller. Frontispiece also engraved with the same, plus numerous figures out of text. This copy is on large paper with large margins, which gives it style. Complete and in very good condition, its successive owners having left their mark, and their pride in having such beautiful books in their hands. From the mid-18th century worthy of the Library of Louis XV