Q. horatii flacci epistolae ad pisones, et augustum: with an english commentary and notes: to which are added critical dissertations. By the reverend mr. hurd.
London.
Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols: for T. Cadell, 1776.
Fifth edition, corrected and enlarged.
8vo.
In three volumes. xvi, 277, [1]; xix, [1], 247, [1]; [2], 265pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription to head of Vol. III title, scattered spotting.
The fifth edition of Horace's Epistolae ad Pisones, or Art of Poetry, prepared by the Rev. Richard Hurd (1720-1808), whose commentaries on Horace were acclaimed by historian and essayist Edward Gibbon.
ESTC T46144.
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref: 33072
