The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare [Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry] . . . Translated into English Prose. . . By David Watson, M.A. [Samuel Patrick]
first edition Latin text with facing English translation. 2 vols. 8vo
1743 · London
by Horatius Flaccus, Quintus
London: J. Oswald, 1743. FIRST EDITION of these translations. Latin text with facing English translation. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, rebacked; endpapers renewed. FIRST EDITION of these translations. Latin text with facing English translation. 2 vols. 8vo. First edition of Watson's Translation. Watson's version " ... is a monument of scholarship and skill, not only giving a critical text and a specially attractive version, but embodying Douglas's catalogue of nearly five hundred editions of Horace, and Bentley's various readings. Its popularity was instantaneous, although scholars protested against the presentation of Horace in prose." - DNB. (Inventory #: 36793)