OPERA. [One of 50 Large Paper Copies from the Chiswick Press].

[Chiswick Press]. (Horace, 65 BC-8 BC). Flacci, Q. Horati.

Published by London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Soc., 1882., 1882

About this Item

- Octavo, 8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green morocco titled with floral decorations in gilt between raised bands on the spine and with gilt ruled frames with corner floral decorations framing the covers. The binding is further enhanced with inner gilt dentelles with floral decorations. The top edge is gilt. The spine and top edge of the front cover are faded to brown. viii & 293 deckle-edged pages with the Latin text, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by Leopold Lowenstein (1842-1898) after an oil painting titled "A Difficult Line From Horace" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912). There are minor flaws only, else near fine. Number 28 of 50 Large Paper Copies printed at the Chiswick Press during April 1882 and signed "C. Whittingham et Soc." on the colophon leaf. From the library of Lincoln MacVeagh and his wife Margaret with their "Arcades ambo" bookplate. Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. He served in the Atois, St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne campaigns of World War I as an aide to the commanding general of the 80th Division and of the Ninth and Sixth Army Corps. He rose to the rank of Major. After the war he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value.". Seller Inventory # 98659

Bibliographic Details

Title: OPERA. [One of 50 Large Paper Copies from ...

Publisher: London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Soc., 1882.

Publication Date: 1882

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition