22. Horace. Opera, 3 parts in 1, general engraved pictorial title, 2 printed titles with woodcut printer’s devices, small spot to G8, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled. [Willems 314], 16mo, Leiden, ex officina Elzevieriana, 1629.

est. £150 – £200

Provenance: Ink ownership inscription of Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824), art and antiquities collector, Greek scholar and writer. His reputation was tarnished when he declared that the Elgin marbles were “not Greek...but Roman of the time of Hadrian”.

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