1744 · Glasguae
by Horatius Flaccus, Quintus
Glasguae: excudebant Robertus Foulis, academiae typographi, 1744. Small 8vo, pp. [4], 248; contemporary calf with a neat, early rebacking, maroon morocco spine label, sprinkled edges; spine and edges rubbed, spine toned, marginalia (mostly from a later hand in pencil); a good, sound copy. On the flyleaf is written: "This is an immaculate edition; the sheets, as they were printed, were hung up in the college of Glasgow, and a reward was offered to those who should discover an inaccuracy - Dibdin." See Gaskell 50.
(Inventory #: 48992)