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Horace, Omnia opera, Venice, 1514, later half vellum

Lot Closed

June 15, 03:29 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Horatius Flaccus, Quintus


Omnia opera cum quattuor commentariis novissime recognita, cunctisque erroribus expurgatur. (Venice: Agostino Zani, 15 October 1514)


folio (315 x 210mm.), title printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and illustrations, early nineteenth-century half vellum over marbled boards, title-page repaired at foot, a few leaves slightly browned, wormholes in last few leaves


The woodcut illustrations previously appeared in Pincio's 1505 edition of Horace.


LITERATURE:

Edit16 23063; Sander 3462


PROVENANCE:

institutional inscription on title-page, obscured; Nardi, signature on title-page dated 22 February 1816; D.L. Cumming, signature on flyleaf

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