HORACE. Quinti Horatii Flacci Carmina. Restored by Nitori. E - Lot 177

HORACE. Quinti Horatii Flacci Carmina. Restored by Nitori. Edited by Steph. And. Philippe. A beautiful edition in a full morocco binding of the period, well preserved. Paris, Coustelier, 1746 In-12, full reddish-amber morocco, ribbed spine, panels framed by a double gilt line and adorned with four small corner flowers and a gilt fleur-de-lis, triple gilt line framing the covers, gilt interior wheel, gilt edges. XXIV and 299 pp., engraved frontispiece, headbands, and initial letters. In Latin. Slight scuffing on the joints and corners. Frontispiece on slightly browned paper. A fine edition of the odes by the Latin poet Horace, edited by Étienne André Philippe de Prétot (1707–1787), a royal censor tasked with overseeing the reprinting of Latin classics published by Antoine-Urbain Coustelier. Allegorical frontispiece engraved by Picard after Duflos, featuring a portrait of the author in a medallion. In fine condition.