Quinti Horati Flacci Carmina Alcaica. (Carmina Sapphica) HORACE. HORNBY Charles Harry St. John 1867-1946 editor Publisher: Ashendene Press, HORNBY Charles Harry St. John 1867-1946, ; publisher. Publish Year: 1903 Publish Place: Chelsea Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 008435 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Near Fine Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £2,650 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information An UNCOMMON Ashendene offering & one of 150 copies on limp Japanese vellum, gilt title to spine. Internally, [2], 3-69 pp, [1] limitation, [1] errata, in Subiaco type on Japanese paper, printed in red & black with initials by Graily Hewitt supplied by hand in gold, red or blue, faint mark to upper cover. (183*127 mm). (Franklin p.236. Hornby XV). One of the notable classical productions of the Ashendene Press, & is a fine-press edition of Horace's Alcaic Odes (poems in the Alcaic meter), produced during the golden age of the English private press movement alongside the Kelmscott and Doves presses.
