Horace; Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Parisiis: Petrus Didot, 1800. [9569]
Calf spine with marbled boards & end papers, 16 cm (6 1/4 x 4 inches, joints are rubbed but not damaged, binding very good. (iv.), 280 clean pp., 4 pp. publisher's catalogue. Speckled page edges, engraved headpieces for each section. Very good. Hardcover.
A collection of the writings of Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC), the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. This volume contains Carminum (4 books), Epodes, Satirarum (2 books), Epistolarum (2 books), and Ars Poetica.
The Didot family of Paris were long-standing book publishers and pioneers in the process of stereotyping. Pierre (or Petrus) Didot (1760-1853), of the third generation in the family business, won many awards and accolades for quality of his printed books.
