Object details
Object number
7.2.20
Creator(s)
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Horace
(Venusia, Italy, 65 BCE - 8 BCE, Rome)
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author
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John Pine
(active London, 1690 - 1756)
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engraver
Title
Works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Volume II [Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera]
Date
1737
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Red leather binding with tooled gold decoration on front and back boards and gilded lettering on spine
Description
2 v. ; 8°
Dimensions
23 x 19 x 3 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $95 for two volumes on 18 May 1922.
Commentary
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Gallery
Long Gallery
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