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H-201 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus
Opera.
A2 r Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Carmina.
refs. Hor. Carm.
F8 v Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Epodae.
refs. Hor. Epod.
v
H2 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Carmen saeculare.
refs. Hor. Saec.
H3 v Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Ars poetica.
refs. Hor. Ars.
I2 r Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Sermones.
refs. Hor. S. 1. 10. 9^92 only.
M8 v Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Epistolae.
refs. Hor. Ep.
Venice: Filippo di Pietro, 15 Sept.1478. Folio. H 8873 = Pr 4265 is a
variant giving the erroneous date 1477.
collation: A^O 8 P 6 .
HC 8874 = H 8873; Go¡ H-443; BMC V 220; Pr 4269 = 4265; CIBN
H-273; Sheppard 3445^6.
FIRST COPY
Binding: Eighteenth-century English gold-tooled red morocco;
marbled pastedowns; bound for Lord Harley by Christopher
Chapman. On both covers triple gold ¢llets form concentric
frames: within the outer frame is a foliate and £oral ornamental
roll (Nixon, ‘Harleian Bindings’, pl. 14, Chapman roll 2), within
the middle frame is a £oral roll (cf. Nixon, ‘Harleian Bindings’,
pl. 13), and within the inner frame is an ornamental roll (Nixon,
‘Harleian Bindings’, pl. 14, Chapman roll 1); the inner rectangle
on each cover contains an ornamental centre-piece, made up of
numerous individual tools, including Nixon, ‘Harleian
Bindings’, pl.15, nos Chapman 5,10,14a, and14b, but now mostly
obscured by the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library. The spine is
decorated with Chapman rolls 1 and 2, and Nixon, ‘Harleian
Bindings’, pl. 15, nos 1a, 1b, 10, and 13; the turn-ins are decorated
with Chapman roll 2. Size: 302 ¿ 214 ¿ 35 mm. Sizeof leaf: 295 ¿
194 mm.
Early marginal annotations, pointing hands, and ‘nota’ marks in
black ink.
One- to ¢ve-line initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red
or blue. On A2 r a coat of arms in brown ink: a bar, in chief two
roses and in base a £eur-de-lis inverted; helmet, crest of a £eurde-lis,
and mantling.
Provenance: Unidenti¢ed coat of arms, probably Italian (see
above). Edward, Lord Harley, later 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689^
1741); evidence of binding; also Webber’s inscription (see below);
upper corner of the front endleaf cut o¡; bought by Thomas
Osborne; probably the copy described in Catalogus Bibliothecae
Harleianae, I no. 3745. George Webber (£. 1747); inscription on
the recto of the front endleaf: ‘Geo. Webber, June 1747. This
Horace was bought out of L. Oxford’s Library’. J. Clarke (nineteenth
century); signature in pencil on the recto of the front endleaf.
Purchased for »12.12. 0; see Books Purchased (1825), 14, and
inscription ‘purchased 1825’on the recto of the front endleaf.
shelfmark: Auct. N inf. 2.12.
SECOND COPY
Wanting the blank leaf A1.
On l. 2 of the colophon ‘dicante’ for ‘duca� te’, also the last ‘i’
omitted from the year date (variant as Pr 4265; see above).
Binding: Eighteenth-century English red morocco. On both
covers double gold ¢llets form a frame; further triple gold ¢llets
form the inner rectangle, at each corner of which is a gold £euron;
inside this last frame is a gold £oral roll; marbled pastedowns,
gilt-edged leaves; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on
both covers. Upper cover detached. Size: 300 ¿ 214 ¿ 28 mm.
Size of leaf: 292 ¿ 200 mm.
Provenance: John Bohn (1758^1843); see A Catalogue of an
Extensive Collection of English Books . . . (London, 1829),
‘Fifteeners’, p. 18; purchased by Heber for »15. 15. 0, see inscription
on the verso of the front endleaf: ‘15» 15s. from Bohn’s cat.
1829’. Richard Heber (1773^1833); see Catalogue, 6 (1835), lot
2152. Purchased for »6. 6. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 14.
shelfmark: Auct. P 2.20.
H-202 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus
Opera.
a2 r Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Carmina.
v
refs. Hor. Carm. On c7 Carm. 2.18 is imperfect, consisting of 2.
18. 1^14 with ‘Tractas et incedis per ignes > Suppositos cineri
doloso . . . Hesperiae sonitum ruinae? > Qui gurges? Aut quae £umina
lugubris’ (27 lines); on d7 r Carm. 3. 9 is followed by 2.18.15^
v
40; 3. 11. 8^52; on e6 Carm. 3. 27 is followed by 3. 10; 3. 11. 1^7; 3.
29. 13^64; 3. 30.
f8 v Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Epodae.
refs. Hor. Epod.
h2 v Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Carmen saeculare.
refs. Hor. Saec.
v
h3 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Ars poetica.
refs. Hor. Ars.
i2 r Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Sermones.
refs. Hor. S. 1. 10. 9^92 only.
v
m8 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Epistolae.
refs. Hor. Ep.
Venice: Filippo di Pietro, 18 Sept. 1479. Folio.
collation: a^o 8 p 6 .
HR 8875; Go¡ H-444; BMC XII 15; Pr 4272; CIBN H-274; Sack,
Freiburg, 1880; Sheppard 3448.
COPY
Wanting the blank leaf a1.
Leaf p 6 backed.
On a2 r :‘QVINTI HORATII FLACCI VENVSTINI > . . .’
Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century English marbled calf;
marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on
both covers. Size: 304 ¿ 217 ¿ 29 mm. Sizeofleaf: 296 ¿ 190 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear notes, corrections to the text,
underlining in the text,‘nota’ marks, and pointing hands, mainly
in black but also occasionally in red ink. On p 6 r the register is
enclosed within red rules; annotations on p6 v are now covered by
the backing sheet.
Partial rubrication: on a 2 r a four-line initial ‘M’ is supplied in
blue, and on a2 v a two-line initial ‘I’ is supplied in red; the printed
title on a2 r is enclosed within a scroll of red and blue.
Provenance: Various inscriptions dated 1549 on p 6 v . John
Mordaunt Johnson (1776?^1815); sale, lot 96; purchased by
Heber for »1.15. 0; see note by Heber on the recto of the front endleaf:
‘June 1817. Johnsons sale by Evans »1. 15. 0’. Richard Heber