Shelfmark
Ln.1.25 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1342.04 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1436.12 (Copy 3)
Author
Uniform title
[Works. 1849]
Title
The works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus : illustrated chiefly from the remains of ancient art / with a life by the Rev. Henry Hart Milman.
Varying form of title
Spine title: Horatii Opera
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : John Murray, MDCCCXLIX. [1849]
Physical description
[6], 490, xiv p, [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
Text in Latin with notes in English.
Note
Title-page and text within ormamental borders, coloured.
Note
With 8 illuminated title pages by Owen Jones, 465 antique designs on wood by George Scharf, and vari-coloured borders to the text.
Note
With [?]additional engraved illustration by R. Brandard tipped-in as frontipiece.
Note
"London: Vizetelly Brothers and Co., Printers and Engravers"--T.p. verso.
Note
Contains biographical information by Milman on pages 1-87 of the first numbered sequence.
Note
With a list of illustrations on the final paginated sequence.
Note
"Drawings from the antique by George Scharf, Jun. The ornaments by Owen Jones, architect" --P. i at end.
Provenance
Copies 1 and 2: Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. bookseller's note and code in pencil.
Provenance
Copy 1: Stamp of Eton College School Library.
Provenance
Copy 1: Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
Copy 1: Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Provenance
Copy 2: Bookplate of Eton College Porson Library.
Provenance
Copy 2: Label recording donation from Revd. H. J. Christie [probably Henry James Christie] on front endpaper pasted under the bookplate of Eton College Porson Library.
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial bookplate of William Herrick on front pastedown with ms. inscription "Henry James Christie" dated in 1883.
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. inscription: "To the School Library. Eton. HJC" (H.J. Christie) on the verso of the first front flyleaf.
Provenance
Copy 3: Ms. inscription in black ink on the second front flyleaf: "Joseph Henry Warner from his sincer friend Richard Musgrave Harvey. On his leaving Eton. Easter 1855.
Binding
Copy 1: 19th century brown calf binding with gilt and blind rolls, decoration blind stamped on spine, gilt lettering on red leather label on spine, marbled endpapers, and edges gilt; bound by Marcus Ward & Co. (binder's stamp on front endpaper).
Binding
Copy 2: 19th century red morocco binding; gilt tooled decorative border and decorations; five raised bands on spine with gilt decorations and gilt titling within a dark brown leather compartment; gilt gauffered edges; marbled endpapers.
Binding
Copy 3: 19th century full red morocco binding; covers framed with triple gilt fillet borders, with gilt titling "Horatius" and "Milman" in decorative cartouches and a central gilt-stamped oval arabesque ornament; five raised bands with gilt titling and decoration; gilt edges; marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Copies 2 and 3: Eton leaving book.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Milman, Henry Hart, 1791 - 1868 contributor.
Added entry--name
Jones, Owen, 1809 - 1874 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Scharf, George, 1788 - 1860 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Christie, Henry James former owner.
Added entry--name
Warner, J. H., 1837 - 1897 former owner.
Added entry--name
John Murray publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Porson Library former owner.
Added entry--name
Vizetelly Brothers & Co. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B25316