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Book - Quintii Horatii Flacci Opera; Horace (ca. 65-8 BCE); 1820; LA2021.1

From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitleBook - Quintii Horatii Flacci Opera

About this objectA London reprint of the Delphin edition of Horace's Opera.

Quintii Horatii Flacci Opera. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Ludovicus Desprez, Cardinalitus Socius Ac Rhetor Emeritus, Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphinii ... Londini ... 1820.. Interpretation and notes by Louis Desprez. 2nd Edition, Londini : Impensis F. & C. Rivington, 1820.

Hardcover with dust jacket, leather boards, stitched binding, 743 pages, index, no illustrations. Latin.

MakerHorace (ca. 65-8 BCE)

Maker RoleAuthor

MakerLouis Desprez

Maker RoleTranslator

MakerF. & C. Rivington

Maker RolePublisher

Date Made1820

Place MadeEngland, London

Medium and MaterialsPaper; cardboard; leather

Inscription and MarksTitle handwritten on spine of dust jacket. Handwritten note pasted inside front cover dated 1839.

TechniquePrinting

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LineFrom the collection of Dr Linda Whybrew, 2021.

Object TypeBook

Object numberLA2021.1