Horatius Flaccus, Quintus

Carmina. edition Stereotypa Herhan

Paris: E prelis fratrum Mame, 1808 Lovely example of the work of the Parisian bookbinder, mentionedin contemporary almanachs only for the years 1815 and 1816. This copy is from the library of the Marquis de Ormonde, and is signed by his neatly on the title page: "Ossory Feb. 29, 1826"; and beneath his signature, the inscription "R. Butler / Killenny. Sept. / 37." (CHILLIAT BINDING) 12mo. [4], xi, [1], 353 pp. Full contemporary straight- grained red morocco, covers with ornamental gilt-rolled borders, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt-stamped in 5 and lettered in one, gilt turn-ins, pale blue coated endpapers, all edge gilt, with the binder's name stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine: "R.P. CHILLIAT". Bookplate on first pastedown. Fine. Ramsden, French Bookbinders 1789-1848, p. 55

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