Opera - Interpretatione & Notis Illustravit Ludovicus Desprez, Cardinalitius Socius ac Rhetor Emeritus, Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in Usum Serenissimi Delphini, ac Serenissimorum Principum Burgundiae Andium & Biturigum ( Works of Horace - Explained with Interpretation & Notes by Ludovicus Desprez, Associate Cardinal & Orator Emeritus, by order of the Most Christian King, for the use of the Most Serene Dauphin, and the Most Serene Princes of Burgundy Andium and Biturigum. To this Edition is Added the Chronology of Horace’s Life, with Notes by Dacerius, & an Introduction to Roman Satire )

Horace ( Quintus Haratius Flaccus ) / Desprez, Louis ( Ludovicus Desprez ) / Dacier, Andre ( Dacerius )

Published by D Midwinter, W Innys & R Manby, A Ward, J & P Knapton, T Longman, J Clarke, S Birt, R Parker, C Hitch, J Wood & C Woodward, E Wicksteed & C Bathurst, London, 1740

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1740 10th edition. 60pp plus very lengthy index to rear. Good/None. Brown leather boards with blind stamped decoration, some rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, some scuffing, split to side of hinge. Very old label to spine. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling/browning, ink notation inside back cover. Beautiful early volume of the works of Horace, the leading Roman lyric poet during the reign of Augustus, particularly known for his Satires and Epistles. This volume includes notes by Louis Desprez and a life of Horace by Andre Dacier. Latin text.

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• Title: Opera - Interpretatione & Notis Illustravit Ludovicus Desprez, Cardinalitius Socius ac Rhetor Emeritus, Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in Usum Serenissimi Delphini, ac Serenissimorum Principum Burgundiae Andium & Biturigum ( Works of Horace - Explained with Interpretation & Notes by Ludovicus Desprez, Associate Cardinal & Orator Emeritus, by order of the Most Christian King, for the use of the Most Serene Dauphin, and the Most Serene Princes of Burgundy Andium and Biturigum. To this Edition is ...
• Publisher: D Midwinter, W Innys & R Manby, A Ward, J & P Knapton, T Longman, J Clarke, S Birt, R Parker, C Hitch, J Wood & C Woodward, E Wicksteed & C Bathurst, London
• Publication Date: 1740
• Language: English
• Binding: Full-Leather
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Poetry