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Amstelaedami (Amsterdam): Rod. & Gerh. Wetstenios, 1713. [24], 538, [2], 539-717, [5], 5-239pp. Contemporary full calf, raised bands, spine in six panels, leather author label to second panel. Rubbed to extremities and covers, corners bumped, ink stains to fore-edge. Internally some light browning, with signatures Nnn, Uuu and Xxx browned, occasional light damp staining to top edge, old ownership inscriptions to title. Engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette. Moss II:17 "useful and creditable editions"; Dibdin II:101-105, "Amsterdam editions of 1713 and 1728 are preferable to the Cambridge one of 1711"; Mills College Editions of Horace 430, Dibdin also notes that the "merits of Bentley are highly extolled by Harles and Mitscherlich: 'Priceps Criticorum' is a title frequently bestowed on him" (Dibdin II:101-2). "Bentley, Richard (1662-1742), philologist and classical scholar ... Bentley's Horace took longer still: less than… Read More

New York: Academic Press, 1982. [6], vii-xvi, [2], 231pp, [3]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ with chip to top edge of upper panel and minor chipping to foot of spine. Some pencil lines and marginalia, but generally fairly bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.

London: William Newton, 1712. lvi, 312pp, rebound in modern calf, raised bands, spine in six panels, morocco title label to second panel, date in gilt to foot of spine, covers bordered with single fillet, with central panel all in blind. Spine slightly faded, covers unevenly faded, slightly rubbed. Internally lightly browned and slightly foxed throughout, pages of signature X have been repeated, previous owners name to title. Engraved frontispiece and one folding plate. The first edition of Quincy's translation. ESTC T100344, Wellcome IV:458. First Edition. Full Calf. Good. 8vo.