Lot no. 487
HORACE. The Works of Q. Horace Flacce, latin et françois. de La Traduction nouvelle de Robert & Anthoine le Chevallier d'Agneaux, frères, de Vire en Normandie. Paris, Guillaume Auvray, 1588.
Small in-8 of [8]-93 ff.
Following the same work:
- Les Sermons, ou Satyres de Q. Horace Flacce. Paris, Auvray, 1588. [1]-68 ff (with separate title).
- Le Premier livre des epistres de Q. Horace Flacce. 68 ff. (with errata on verso of last leaf).
Fair calf, spine ribbed and decorated, title page in red marble, triple cold fillet framing the boards (contemporary binding). Restorations.
A fine copy of one of the best translations of Horace. "This verse translation is more faithful than the previous ones", Brunet.
Ex-libris J.M. (Brunet III, 328; Frère I, 9.)
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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