Q. Horatius Flaccus Volume 1 1869 by Richard Bentley , Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horace - 2020

Gottingen: Theophili Georgi. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1764. Hardcover. Book rebound in half leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt lettering spine label. Gilt tooling to spine. Corners edgeworn with some leather flecked off. 1 cm loss to head of spine. Corners of Ffep have been neatly excised. Foxing to endpapers. Minor browning to endpapers. Small square notch to 1 page of preface (1cm). Creasing to spine. Smart looking book. Binding is tight. Former owner's names in ink to ffep. A few small ink corrections done in a neat hand to a few pages. Good +/VG-; Vol. 1: (1764) xviii, 572 pp Vol. 2: (1764) 192 pp. + 300 pp "Index In Q. Horatium Flaccum Olim quidem collectus a Thoma Tretero, deinde omnibus editionibus accommodatus a Daniele Aveman, Nunc vero, Additis etiam V. Cl. Richardi Bentleii variantibus lectionibus, pluribus quam mille & quingentis locis auctus & emendatus ab Isaaco Verburgio"; 2 Volumes Bound in 1 Book; 546 pages .

Amstelaedami, Amsterdam: Apud Rod. & Gerh. Wetstenios Hff., 1713. Revised and Corrected Edition . Original Calf. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed In Amsterdam In 1713. Size Quarto, 9.75" X 7.25", 717 Pages, Then At The Rear, Separately Paginated And With Its Own Title Page "Index In Q. Horatium Flaccum Olim Quidem Collectus A Thoma Tretero, Deinde Omnibus Editionibus Accommodatus A Danielle Aveman, Nunc Vero, Additis Etiam Quam Mille & Quingentis Locis Auctus & Emendatus Ab Isaaco Verburgio" 239 Pages. Original Binding Of Full Brown Calf With 5 Raised Bands To The Spine, With Gilt Titles On Red Morocco Label In The Second And Gilt Flowers And Scrolls In The Remaining Compartments, Marbled Paste-Downs And End-Papers. With Extra Engraved Title Page, Title Page Printed In Red And Black. Condition Good, The Original Calf Is Rubbed At The Extremities, Right Through At The Corners, Head And Tail Of Spine Chipped, Front Hinge Starting, Cords Show… Read More

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud Rod. & Gerh. Wetstenios Hff. 1713. 4to., pp. [xxiv] 717, [i], 239, [i], including engraved additional title-page and divisional title for 'Pars altera' after p.442. Emendata after p.717 (i.e. 4Y1 verso). Index at rear. Title page in red and black with engraved device, woodcut initials. Gatherings 3M-3O and 3V-3X very toned, occasional light toning otherwise, a few tiny scorchmarks. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, gilt borders, lovely blue paste-patterned edges, very good. With letterpress and manuscript school-prize (to J.J. van Hees, dated 1822) bound at the front. The second edition of Bentley's (in)famous edition of Horace, first printed at Cambridge in 1711, notable for his rash but inspired conjectures and emendations. "The Amsterdam editions of 1713 and 1728 are preferable to the Cambridge one of 1711. The notes and text are in the same page, and they are accompanied by the index of Treter, corrected by… Read More

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: apud Rod. & Jacob. Wenstenios & Guil. Smith, 1728. 2 vols. in 1. 4to., pp. [xxiv], 356, [ii], 357-717, [i], 239, [i] + additional engraved title page. Title in red and black with engraved vignette, large engraved headpiece to first page of Dedication. Occasional smudgy marks, a little light dampstaining near gutter, a few leaves lightly toned. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with label, gilt frame and border, central gilt coat of arms of Dokkum. Spine a bit creased, joints rubbed, endcaps and corners slightly worn, still very good overall. The third full Bentley edition (an abridged third edition in 8vo. was produced in Cambridge, 1713), this is an almost exact reprint of the second (Amsterdam, 1713). The two Amsterdam editions are distinguished by having Bentley's editorial notes on the same page as the text, making them more useful to the scholar, and Dibdin and Brunet on this account preferred them to the Cambridge first. "Rash and tasteless… Read More