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Les oeuvres d'Horace / traduites en francois avec des notes et des remarques critiques sur tout l'ouvrage par M. Dacier ; v. 1 1691
All ten volumes (RCIN 1055060-69) tooled with identical design. Contemporary marbled brown calf binding, with gold-tooling on both boards and spine. In the centre of both boards, the arms of William III and Mary II (England, France, Scotland and Ireland quartered on an escutcheon of pretence billetty a lion rampant [Nassau]) surrounded by the garter and surmounted by a crown. Spine divided into six compartments by raised bands, each tooled with a floral and vine roll. Second compartment contains an additional piece of red leather, surrounded by a double fillet border and tooled with the title: ‘OEVVRES D’HORACE’; third compartment contains an additional piece of black leather, surrounded by a double fillet border and tooled: ‘TOM I’ [or the appropriate volume number], underscored by a dotted roll, followed by ‘PARIS 1691’. All other compartments tooled with double fillet border, swirling vine corner tools and a diamond-shaped sprouting flower tool in the centre. Vine and flower roll on head and tail of spine. All edges mottled with red paint. | 16.5 x 3.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1055060
Horace (65-8 BC)
Les oeuvres d'Horace / traduites en francois avec des notes et des remarques critiques sur tout l'ouvrage par M. Dacier ; v. 1 1691
Horace (65-8 BC)
Les oeuvres d'Horace / traduites en francois avec des notes et des remarques critiques sur tout l'ouvrage par M. Dacier ; v. 1 1691
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6 [i.e. 11] leaves, 427, [29] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
Provenance
Binding of William III. Probably the copy listed in the inventory of George III’s library at Richmond Lodge, prior to its dispersal c. 1766. In the library of George III at Windsor by 1780.
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Medium and techniques
All ten volumes (RCIN 1055060-69) tooled with identical design. Contemporary marbled brown calf binding, with gold-tooling on both boards and spine. In the centre of both boards, the arms of William III and Mary II (England, France, Scotland and Ireland quartered on an escutcheon of pretence billetty a lion rampant [Nassau]) surrounded by the garter and surmounted by a crown. Spine divided into six compartments by raised bands, each tooled with a floral and vine roll. Second compartment contains an additional piece of red leather, surrounded by a double fillet border and tooled with the title: ‘OEVVRES D’HORACE’; third compartment contains an additional piece of black leather, surrounded by a double fillet border and tooled: ‘TOM I’ [or the appropriate volume number], underscored by a dotted roll, followed by ‘PARIS 1691’. All other compartments tooled with double fillet border, swirling vine corner tools and a diamond-shaped sprouting flower tool in the centre. Vine and flower roll on head and tail of spine. All edges mottled with red paint.
Measurements
16.5 x 3.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))
Category
Alternative title(s)
[Works. French & Latin]
