Fc.3.05
Works. 1580
Q. Horatius Flaccus, ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manu scriptorum, opera Dionysii Lambini Monstroliensis emendatus, & cum diuersis exemplaribus antiquis comparatus, commentariísque copiosissimis explicatus, & ab eodem antè paulò quàm è vita decederet, recognitus, atque mendis omnibus perpurgatus, dilucidiúsque, quàm prima & secunda editione, commentariis auctis, atque amplificatis, illustratus.
Quæ huic tertiæ, ac postremæ editione sint addita, epistola ad lectorem, ordine tertia, fusissimè docebit.
Lutetiæ, : Apud Ioannem Macæum, in Monte d. Hilarij, sub scuto Britanniæ., M D LXXX. [1580]
2 v. ; Fo.
Printer's device with motto 'Vincit laeva perimit dextra' as woodcut on both title pages.
Colophon on verso of final page of vol. 2.: "Excudebat Ioannes le Blanc iunior, typographus, impensis honestiss. viri Ioannis Macæi bibliopolæ, mense Ianuario, anno 1579".
T.p of vol. 2: "Q. Horatii Flacci sermonum, seu satyrarum, seu eclogarum libri duo: epistolarum libri totidem ... Lutetiæ, : apud Ioannem Macæum, in monte d. Hilarij, sub scuto Britanniæ., MDLXXIX [1579].
Printed in double columns, with extensive quotations in Greek.
Each volume includes an index.
Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
English 16th century light brown calf; blind tooled frame using decorative fillet of heads in medallions (see Oldham, English blind-stamped bookbindings, no. 783) and triple fillet; silver stamped armorial stamp of Eton College; traces of clasps and holes for chains; blind tooled single fillet on board edges; blind tooled spine with double fillet, and single fillet on raised bands, with panels of cross-hatching at head and tail; pale red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; large parchment tabs with ms. in cursive hand in Latin.
Previous shelfmark: Ca.3.13.
Latin poetry Early works to 1800.
Lambin, Denys, 1520 or 21 - 1572 editor.
Macé, Jean, fl. 1533 - 1588 bookseller.
Le Blanc, Jean, fl. 1576 - 1601 printer.
France Paris
B27951