1567 HORACE POETRY antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING 16th CENTURY

Quintus Horatius Flaccus [Horace] / Franciscus Irenicus Ettelengiacensis [Franz Friedlieb]

Q. Horatii Flacci Venusini, poetae lyrici, poemata, quae extant, omnia, a mendis iterum summa diligentia repurgata, ac doctissimis Francisci Irenici, in artem Poëticam, & libros Epistolarum, annotationibus, in gratiam studiosae iuuentutis illustrata.
/ Francisci Irenici Ettelengiacensis In Artem Poeticam Et Libros Epistolaru[m] Horatii Annotationes doctissimae: per Paulum Irenicum Badensem filium summa diligentia collectae.

2 volumes in one


Francofurti ad Moenum [Frankfurt am Main]: Apud Georgium Coruinum, Sigismundum Feyerabendt, & Haredes Wigandi Galli, 1567

187, [1], 89, [1] leaves


Original hand tooled pigskin over wood binding , spine with 3 raised bands.

This volume is a Renaissance educational edition of the works of the Roman poet Horace, specifically designed for use by students and humanists in the 16th century.

The first part contains the complete surviving poetic works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace).
The second part, titled Annotationes doctissimae, is a scholarly guide written by the German humanist Franciscus Irenicus (Franz Friedlieb).

Comes with 2 engraved title vignettes, 2 engraved colophon illustrations, as well as engraved initials throughout.


Some wear of binding, back inner hinge split.

Some period pen markings.

Leaves 4 and 5 are missing.

Some wormholes.

 The text is clear.

Size 4 1/4 by 6 3/4 inches

text in Latin
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