Richardo Johnson (2 results)

Hardback. Condition: G++. No DW. Old full leather. Spine with raised bands and gold rules. Gold on burgundy title label. An old cutting on front pastedown states ". printed by the first printer who printed in Nottingham". Armorial bookplate of William Allen Potter. Titlepage. Pages i-xviii 1-112 AND 1-116 (Pars Secunda with separate undated title page). Clean tight text in sound but edge worn covers. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce work of literary criticism, in which Richard Johnson details the mistakes in Latin that Richard Bentley made in his edition of Horace's 'Odes'. The first edition of this very scarce work.Two parts bound in one volume.In Latin.A work by Richard Johnson, in which he attacks Richard Bentley, and the mistakes that Bentley made in his edition of Horace's 'Odes'.In this volume, Johnson presents one hundred and thirty six errors in Latin which Bentley made in his work, described by Johnson as "the most hideous slips in Latin".Bound without adverts. Rebound in a modern cloth binding, with renewed endpapers. Externally, smart. A couple of light marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Title page of part one is restored to the extremities. Bound without the adverts. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…