Horace Pine John (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. John Pine (illustrator). 1st Edition. Two octavo volumes. Pp. [xxviii] 265; [xxiv] 191 + [11]ff. First impression, with "post est" error on II, 108. Complete with 22-page descriptive list of illustrations at the end of Vol. II. A beautiful copy of this milestone in printing history, with text and all 126 illustrations engraved on copper. Internally fine in full calf, intricately gilt, with 8 spine compartments, four spine labels, and inner dentelles. Extremities rubbed; small bumps to corners.

leather_bound. John Pine (illustrator). First edition. 265, 191 (f3-!4). 22.7 x 14 cm. First issue with the misprint "post est" in the medallion of Caesar p.18. The entire text plus all the illustrations are engraved by Pine on copper plates. There are title vignettes, eight full page illustrations, culs-de-lampe and four line opening initial to each poem. Pine used imagery of classical seals, paintings and sculpture for the more than 324 illustrations and vignettes. BRUNET III, p.320 "remarquable par l'elegancce des ornements." GORDON N. RAY. p.3 notes, "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." PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, 178 states, "His life (Horace) spanned the decline and downfall of the Roman republic.When he died, famous and acknowledged since the death of Virgil as the greatest Roman poet, Augustus was his executor." COHEN-DE RICCI 497. LEWINE p.246. ROTHSCHILD 1546-1547. Elegantly bound by Riviere & Son: raised bands, spine panels in gilt arabesques with cover large gilt arabesques nestled at cover four corners, inner dentelles with interior contents bright, clean and fresh. Dark green full morocco, spine evenly toned to brown. Aeg. Fine. 2 vols.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. The Robert Hoe copy with his bookplates. A very large paper copy (9.5 x 6") with the subscriber list. Two large 8vos in magnificent full red levant morocco, gilt paneled sides, dentelle inside borders, gilt tops, other edges uncut (rare thus), binding by David. A spectacular copy, binding flexible and tight. Contents completely fresh and clean. Second issue with the correction on p. 108 of Vol. II. Engraved frontispiece, 225 illustrations. Theodore Hoe (his sale 1911) to Theodore Low De Vine (his sale 1920). Lovely books.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Full contemporary mottled calf with red and blue leather spine labels. Both volumes are lavishly illustrated with engravings throughout, including frontispieces and title page vignettes, full page illustrations, numerous pictorial head & tailpieces (including a couple of maps) and decorative initials;First Edition, first issue, with the misprint 'post est'in the medallion of Caesar on p. 108, Volume II. This copy CONTAINS THE SELDOM SEEN LIST OF ANTIQUITIES IN VOLUME I. very few copies were bound with this list which makes this set particularly desirable. Pine's edition of the works of Horace, for which he engraved both the text and illustrations, is considered a masterpiece of 18th century book art. The numerous subscribers for the edition included royalty and nobility (the Prince of Wales, the Holy Roman Emperor, the King and Queen of Spain, the Prince of Orange, several Dukes and Earls), Edmund Halley, George Frederic Handel, Alexander Pope, Horace Walpole, Jonathan Swift, Richard Sheridan, and William Hogarth. Housed in a beautiful quarter-morocco clamshell case courtesy of the Heritage Bindery.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1733, 1737. Two volumes. First edition, first issue with "post est" error in the Caesar medallion on page 108 of Volume II. In a lavish full brown morocco binding with five raised bands and ornate gilt stamping to spine, borders on covers, wide turn-ins and beautifully patterned endsheets; all edges gilt. Near Fine, with a light amount of rubbing to joints, spines lightly faded, a scuff to the front cover of Volume II and small former owner bookplates of noted collector Abel E. Berland to the front pastedowns. Pine's Latin text was based on Talbot's 1699 edition, and is remarkable for being entirely illustrated with engraved copper plates throughout the text.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1733 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 252 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 252 Volume 2 Language: Latin.