THE ODES, EPODES AND CARMEN SECULARE OF HORACE, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
by Watson, David
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Dustjacket
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About This Item
London: J. OSWALD. Bound in full brown leather with red title label and gilt titles and raised bands to spine, this dated 1795 First Thus Edition in English and Latin is VG. XX1V/463pp+ Index, with Preface, Life of Horace, Catalogue of Editions, 1476-1680, The Odes, Epodes and Carmen Seculare arranged with English and Latin Texts facing each other on double page spread. Index at end. Name of late owner on FFEP. Rubber stamp of Northampton Solicitors on verso of title page. Attractive engraving on lower half of title page, of classical scene. Condition all VG. . Very Good. Full Leather Hardcover. First Thus Edition. 1795.
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- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0021990
- Title
- THE ODES, EPODES AND CARMEN SECULARE OF HORACE, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
- Author
- Watson, David
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. OSWALD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1795
- Keywords
- Odes of Horace in English; Edited By David Watson (1795)
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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Camillas Bookshop
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Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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