Complete Works of Horace – Volume II – 1832 Bilingual Latin/French Edition – C.L.F. Panckoucke – 19th Century Binding
A rare old work dating from 1832, containing the second volume of the Complete Works of Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), famous Latin poet of Roman Antiquity.
This bilingual Latin/French edition was published in Paris by C.L.F. Panckoucke in the collection "Bibliothèque Latine-Française".
The volume notably includes:
- Horace's Satires
- The Epistles
- The Art of Poetry
The original Latin text is presented alongside the French translation, making it a sought-after work by both classical literature enthusiasts and collectors of old books.
The work is bound in an elegant 19th-century half-leather binding with still visible gilding on the spine.
The general patina and traces of time give it a beautiful decorative charm of an old library.
Features:
- Author: Horace (Horatius Flaccus)
- Title: Complete Works of Horace – Second Volume
- Publisher: C.L.F. Panckoucke
- Collection: Bibliothèque Latine-Française
- Date: 1832
- Language: Latin / French
- Binding: half-leather
- Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 3 cm
- Number of pages: 432
- Weight: 540 g
Condition:
Complete and solid work despite significant external wear due to age: rubbing, missing parts on the covers, and blunted corners visible in the photos.
Interior generally well-preserved with some foxing and age spots normal for a book from the early 19th century.
No musty smell.
No annotations or stamps noted.
A beautiful old library work, ideal for collectors, lovers of Latin literature, curiosity cabinets, or 19th-century intellectual and academic decoration.