The works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus : illustrated chiefly from the remains of ancient art
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Type of record: Book
Title: The works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus : illustrated chiefly from the remains of ancient art
Classmark: Latin D-2/HOR
Creator(s): Horace
Additional creator(s): Milman, Henry Hart (1791-1868) (Other); Jones, Owen (1809-1874) (Other); Scharf, George (1788-1860) (Other); Vizetelly and Co. (Printer)
Related people: Horace; Milman, Henry Hart; Jones, Owen; Scharf, George
Publisher: John Murray
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1849
Language: Latin
Size and medium: [6], 194, [4], 490, xiv p., [8] leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/327622
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001929989705181
Description
With [8] illuminated title pages by Owen Jones, 465 antique designs on wood by George Scharf, and vari-colored borders to the text.
"Drawings from the antique by George Scharf, Jun. The ornaments by Owen Jones, architect." -- cf. page i at end.
Further imprint information on t.p.v.: "London: Vizetelly Brothers and Co., Printers and Engravers".
Contains biographical information by Milman on pages 1-87 of the first numbered sequence.
With a list of illustrations on the final paginated sequence.
Life of Horace. -- Fasti Horatiani. -- Letter by G. W. Dennis: De villa Horatii. -- Personae Horatianae. -- Personae Horatianae: Poets. -- Carminum: liber primus-quartus. -- Carmen seculare. -- Epodon liber. -- Satirarum: liber primus-secundus. -- Epistolarum: liber primus-secundus. -- De arte poetica.
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