Q. Orazio Flacco - Opera omnia con commentari - 1682

Quintus Horatius Flaccus
The Complete Works with Commentary
Amsterdam: Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1682

14.4 × 8.2 cm, pp. 285, (3). Contemporary full leather binding, spine with raised bands and gilt tooling. Frontispiece engraved in copper, depicting an allegorical scene with the bust of Horace the Laureate. Browned pages, as is usual for the period; slight signs of aging to the binding (abrasions, edge chipping). Overall, a genuine and well-preserved specimen.

Seventeenth-century edition of the works of Q. Horatius Flaccus, accompanied by an apparatus of commentary and critical notes, intended for humanistic study and classical teaching. Printed in Amsterdam in 1682 by the famous Janssonio-Waesbergios, renowned Dutch editors of the seventeenth century, celebrated for the typographic quality of classical editions.
A work of great interest to collectors of Latin classics, the history of publishing, and antiquarian libraries.