Sale: 414 / Rare Books, May 19./20. 2014 in Hamburg Lot 626

 
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Opera. 1568.


626
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Opera. 1568.
Estimate:
€ 350 / $ 375
Sold:
€ 408 / $ 436

(incl. surcharge)
Horatius Flaccus, Q., Opera Dionys. Lambini emendatus .. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd.Mit 2 Holzschnitt-Druckermarken (wdh.). Paris, Jean Macé 1568 (Tl. I) und 1567 (Tl. II). Weinroter Maroquinband des 18. Jhs. mit floraler RVerg. und grünem RSch., dreifacher goldgepr. Deckelfilete, Steh- und Innenkantenverg. sowie GGoldschnitt. Folio. 6 Bll., 336 S., 10 Bll.; 386 S., 13 Bll.

"Lambinus' editions, which marked a new aera in Horatian criticism, have deservedly met with universal applause ..The Parisian edition of 1567 was the last corrected by Lambinus himself" (Dibdin). - Sehr schöner und eleganter Druck, durchgehend regliert. - Gleichmäßig etw. gebräunt. Kanten mit wenigen leichten Stoßspuren. Schönes, dekorativ gebundenes Exemplar. Exlibris.

Adams H 916. - BM STC, French Books S. 231. - Dibdin II, 95. - Vgl. Schweiger I, 396.

Esteemed Lambin edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, each with large woodcut printer's device. Fine printing by Macé, bound in a beautiful 18th cent. red morocco with floral gilt spine and green label, inside gilt border and gilt edges. - Some even browning. Few slight bumping traces to edges, else fine copy.




626
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Opera. 1568.
Estimate:
€ 350 / $ 375
Sold:
€ 408 / $ 436

(incl. surcharge)