Quintus Horatius Flaccus; Ludovicus Desprez — Q. Horatii Flacci Opera. Interpretatione & Notis Illustravit Ludovicus Desprez Cardinalitius Socius Ac Rhetor Emeritus, Jussu Christianissimi Regis. In Usum Serenissimi Delphini, Ac Serenissimorum Principum Burgundiae, Andium, & Biturigum.

London, H. & G. Mortlock, J. Nicholson, R. Wilkins, B. Tooke, & W. Innys, 1711 . Leather. The fifth Delphin edition of Horace, preserving the poet"s Odes, Satires, Epistles, and Ars Poetica with extensive scholarly commentary by Ludovicus Desprez. In a contemporary full calf binding, lacking the front free endpapers.  Fifth edition.  A substantial Latin edition of the works of Horace, with the interpretation and notes of Ludovicus Desprez, issued for the use of the Dauphin. This edition is part of the celebrated Delphin Classics series, originally prepared in France for the education of Louis, le Grand Dauphin, son of Louis XIV. The volume includes Horace"s Odes, Epodes, Satires, Epistles, and Ars Poetica, with extensive scholarly notes, variant readings, and explanatory commentary. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, or Horace, was one of the major poets of Augustan Rome, best known for his lyric Odes, literary Satires, Epistles, and the influential Ars Poetica. A comprehensive work combining the full classical Latin text with the extensive scholarly apparatus of the Dauphin edition.  ESTC No.: T149893.    In a contemporary full calf binding, lacking the front free endpapers. Externally, generally smart. Bookplate of Rowland Hunt, Salop, to front paste down. Previous owner's ink inscriptions to rear free endpapers. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in minor loss to calf. Slight rubbing to boards. Rubbing to spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Closed tear to gutter of 2B6. Tide marking to gutter and upper perimeter of title page. Lacking A1, with small remnants to gutter. Pages characteristically age toned with the odd spot and handling mark. Previous owner's neat ink annotations throughout, obscuring the text on one or two occasions. Good . Ill.: None. Good .