QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS

London Wm. Pickering, 1824. Large Paper copy (4 1/16 x 2 1/2 inches), bound in nineteenth century full red morocco (by Smeers) with centered gilt fleurons on both covers; spine with five raised bands and gilt titling. New inner and outer hinges. A.e.g. This is the second Diamond Classic edition of Horace, printed by Corali for Pickering. The first was published in 1820. Although the engraved title-page and colophon are dated 1826 and the frontispiece is 1828, these discrepancies may represent delays in its publication. Dibdin noted that this edition of Horace was the smallest in the world.Keynes. pp. 12, 73. "...issued in red cloth, paper label, at 6s; also printed on large paper (11cm.), and issued in vellum [3 copies]."  IN FINE FRENCH MOROCCO