Q. Horatii Flacci opera, cum scholiis veteribus castigavit, et notis illustravit Gulielmus Baxterus. Varias lectiones et observationes addidit Jo. Matthias Gesnerus ; quibus et suas adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius, Prof. Gr. Litt. Viteberg . Editio nova, priore emendatior Baxter, William, Johann Matthias Gesne, & Johann Carl Zeune Classical Literature,Poetry

8vo, pp. xxx, 575, [1]; contemporary full diced russia, double gilt rules on covers, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1, a.e.g.; upper joint tender otherwise a very good, sound, and clean copy. Large memorial bookplate of Caroline Furness Jayne. "The merits of these editions [the octavo and the quarto of 1794 - reprinted 1796], and the celebrity of the editor, are too well known to require illustration. Gesner took Baxter's edition of 1725 for the basis of his text; but his own notes and emendations are so truly erudite, that he has been reverenced as the father of modern editors. According to Harwood, Bishop Lowth observed that Gesner, in this improvement of Baxter's Horace, had given us the best edition of the poet ever yet delivered to the world. The edition of 1788 contains the additional observations of Zeunius; and the Glasgow editions of 1794, comprehending these additional remarks, may be considered among the most beautiful and popular ones extant of the poet" (Dibdin). Mills College Check List 850; Riedel-Horatiana A-251; Dibdin, Greek and Latin Classics (4th ed.) II, p. 110.