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Flacci Opera, Cum Scholiis Veteribus Castigavit, et Notis Illustravit Gulielmus Baxterus Varias Lectiones et Observationes Addidit Jo. Matthias Gesnerus; Quibus et Suas Adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius
by Q. Horatii (Horace)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Glasgow: Jacob Mundell, 1796. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Large 8vo (16 x 24cm). (Co-published by G. G. & J. Robinson, London). "Editio nova, priore emendatior."; pp. xxx, (2), 575. Text in Latin. All edges speckled blue. Good generous margins. Bound in contemporary full polished calf binding with red title label and gilt ruled lines and decoration to the spine. Binding generally very good with a little general wear and rubbing, leather partially cracked to the joints, but binding strong with both boards still very firmly attached, leather slightly chipped to the head of the rear joint. Contents clean and tight, gift inscription to the front paste-down dated 1804, minimal worming to the lower, outer corner of the first few pages. A very good copy in a very good contemporary binding. (William Baxter (1650-1723) "produced his celebrated Horace, pronounced by Bishop Lowth the best edition of Horace ever yet delivered to the world, in 1701; it was later made the basis of J.M. Gesner's edition (1752) in 1788 Zeunius incorporated in an edition all Baxter's and Gesner's notes).
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- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014998
- Title
- Flacci Opera, Cum Scholiis Veteribus Castigavit, et Notis Illustravit Gulielmus Baxterus Varias Lectiones et Observationes Addidit Jo. Matthias Gesnerus; Quibus et Suas Adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius
- Author
- Q. Horatii (Horace)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Jacob Mundell
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1796
- Size
- Large 8vo (16 x 24cm)
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- Classics;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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