The Works of Horace, Translated in to English Prose, 2 vol.
R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge, et.al. 1811. Hardcover. Good / No jacket. Item #91153
2 volumes, Very worn 3/4 leather with marbled covers. Covers cracked, but still attached. Names written on front endpaper, half-title and title pages.
".. translated into English Prose, as near the original as the different idioms oft he Latin and English languages will allow; with the Latin text and order of construction in the opposite page; and critical, historical, geographical, and classical, notes in Engish, from the best commentators both ancient and modern; and a preface to each poem, illustrating its difficulties, and showing its several ornaments and design; also t he method of scanning the several Sorts of Verse used by Horace, and a Table showing at one View of what Sort of Verse each Ode consists; for the use of schools, as well as of private gentlemen. A new edition, revised and corrected."
Price: $150.00