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Odes and Epodes. In the original Latin and in English translations: PB 215-2003

Object information

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Titles

Odes and Epodes. In the original Latin and in English translations

Maker(s)

Author: Horace
Editor: Untermeyer, Louis
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Dothard, Robert L.
Printer: Thistle Press
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company

Categories

Description

Selected and edited with an introd. by Louis Untermeyer; accompanied by reproductions of pages from earlier editions.

Vol 2: Pages from earlier editions of Horace from the beginnings of printing to the present century, selected to accompany the Odes and Epodes, with a bibliographical note by John T. Winterich

2 v. : facsims. ;19-36 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Meriden

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1961

Note

"Of this bilingual edition...fifteen hundred copies have been made by Clarke and Wye at theThistle Press in New York from the typographic design of Robert L. Dothard"--v.1. "Specimens have have reproduced by The Meriden Gravure Company."--vol.2 Museum has copy no. "J.D." Quarter bound in half natural buckram, stamped in gold and green leaf, with hand-marbled paper sides. Issued in a combined slipcase (brown paper over card).

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 215-2003
Primary reference Number: 95632
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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