Quinti Horatii Flacci opera Sandy, William Classical Literature,Poetry

2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2], vi, [2], 166; [2], 167-353, [1]; engraved vignette title pages printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and engraved dedication leaf in volume I, 34 engraved plates throughout (a number of them vignettes); contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spines in 7 compartments, maroon morocco labels in 2; joints cracked, some old repair at the top of the spines, internally clean and the bindings remain sound. Early ownership signature of Robert Burton on the front free endpaper of each volume. Large memorial bookplate of Caroline Furness Jayne. The dedication is to George, Prince of Wales who later ruled the United Kingdom and its colonies in America as George III. "I have always considered this work as a very pleasing and respectable production, and in point of accuracy preferable to its rival, the edition of Pine. The plates are numerous, and many of them conceived and executed with great taste" (Dibdin). Mills College Check List 623; Riedel-Horatiana A-178; Dibdin, Greek and Latin Classics (4th ed.) II, p. 109.