Complete Works of Horace – Volume II – 1832 Bilingual Latin/French Edition – C.L.F. Panckoucke – 19th Century Binding

Complete Works of Horace – Volume II – 1832 Bilingual Latin/French Edition – C.L.F. Panckoucke – 19th Century Binding

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Complete Works of Horace – Volume II – 1832 Bilingual Latin/French Edition – C.L.F. Panckoucke – 19th Century Binding

Complete Works of Horace – Volume II – 1832 Bilingual Latin/French Edition – C.L.F. Panckoucke – 19th Century Binding

€70,00

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.

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