The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated.

London: L. Gilliver, 1737 [but 1738].

Price: $300.00


About the item

First edition. [iv], 15, [1] pp., with half-title, facing Latin and English text. Folio. Early 20th century green half calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine labels (chipped). Covers rubbed, half-title dusty and creased. Foxon P965; Griffith 476; Rothschild 1638. Provenance: Stanley Keyes (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Item #308112

Pope's imitation of Horace's poem on the art of living well. Rare for Pope, a bibliographically straightforward book.