Horace; H Darnley Naylor — Three Hundred & Sixty Five Short Quotations from Horace

Shaftesbury, The High House Press , 1935. Leather. A scarce limited edition of this anthology of quotations from Horace by H Darnley Naylor. Limited edition of 215 copies, of which nos. 1 to 15 are printed on hand-made paper and signed by both the compiler and translator, and the printer. This copy is number one-hundred and seventy.Featuring quotations by Horace with modern titles and varied metrical eversions in English by H Darnley Naylor,  British-born Australian academic who became Emeritus Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide, South Australia.Gift inscription to front free endpaper 'To our friend Mary Tennyson-Wood in memory of a great man. From "Matie" + John Darnley-Naylor. HDN died on 8th December 1945". In quarter cloth binding over marbled boards. Externally very smart with only light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light minor spotting to odd leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .