Author
Horace
Uniform title
Works. English and Latin
Title
The works of Horace, translated into English prose, as near as the propriety of the two languages will admit. : Together with the original Latin from the best editions. Wherein the words of the Latin are ranged in their grammatical order; ... Begun by David Watson, ... Revised, carried on, and published by S. Patrick, ... In two volumes. ...
Edition
The third edition..
Imprint
London: : Printed for J. Oswald, at the Rose and Crown, near the Mansion-house. , M.DCC.L. [1750]
Physical description
2 v. ; 21 cm (8vo)
Note
Pagination: v.1: [2], xxxvi, 463, [13] p.; v.2: lii, 405, [19] p.
Note
Title pages printed in red and black; engraved device on title pages.
Note
Volume 1 with a preliminary advertisement leaf: 'Books sold by John Oswald, at the Rose and Crown, near the Mansion-House, London.'
Note
With biographical information on pages ix-xii.
Bibliography, etc. note
Includes indexes.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N25511
Language
Parallel Latin and English texts.
Provenance
In both volumes: armorial bookplate of Reverend Herbert Hawes, with address “Rollestone Street, Salisbury.”.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Provenance
Inscription (18th/19th-century) on upper endleaf of vol. 2: "R. Sainsbury".
Binding
18th-century mottled brown calf over boards; sewn on five supports (three laced into the boards); gilt fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards; gilt fillets and volume number on spine; blind roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Subject
Literature.
Added entry--name
Watson, David, 1710-1756 translator.
Added entry--name
Patrick, Samuel, 1684-1748 translator.
Added entry--name
Oswald, John, active 1726-1753 printer.
Added entry--name
Sainsbury, R. former owner.
Added entry--name
Hawes, Herbert, -1837 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
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