Quinti Horatii Flacci opera
Print Book, English, 1749
Prostant apud Gul. Sandby in vico dicto Fleetstreet, Londini, 1749
2 volumes 35 plates (including frontispiece) 23 cm
13607597
Paged continuously; vol. I.: 2 p. l., <v>-vi, [2], iv, 166 p.; vol. II.: 1 p. l., <167>-353 p
Title vignette, engraved (portrait): Horativs. Ex num: in thes: Christinæ reg: aug
Frontispiece: Fragmentum picturae veteris in pariete factae, Romae anno MDCCXXXVII ... repertum
Engraved dedication to George, prince of Wales, with his portrait: p. [iii]
List of plates "Horatius signis, picturis et numismatibus illustratus": 4 p. (last page blank) between p. vi and p. <1>
"Q. Horatii Flacci vita a Suetonio Tranquillo conscripta": pages <i>-iv
In this copy Lib. III Ode II (p. 68) has heading "Ad amicos"; its first line reads "Angustam, amici ... "; in another copy in L.C. the heading "Ad amicos" is omitted and the first line reads "Angustam, amice ..."
Another edition of the same firm and of the same year is of smaller size and printed in smaller type; its plates are of inferior quality. cf. Schweiger, Handbuch d. class. bibliogr. II, 1 (1832) p. 410; Renouard, Cat. II, p. 262