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Classics. Horace & Francis (Revd. Philip, translator), The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare, with Critical Notes collected from the best Latin and French Commentators, harlequin four-volume set, first edition of volume I, Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, 1742, first editions thus of volumes II-IV, London: Printed for A. Millar, 1743, 1746 & 1746, parallel text, contemporary speckled calf, spines with raised bands enclosing six compartments lettered and tooled in gilt, split but holding, rubbed, slight losses, signs of former water stains, affecting lower portions only and without any loss of sense, etc., 8vo, (4)
Provenance: 1) Arthur Percy Aylmer, (1801-1885), later 11th Baronet of Donadea, County Kildare, Ireland; 19th c crested bookplates to each pastedown. 2) Richard Reynell, 1891, title-page with ink manuscript ownership inscriptions.
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