Book Details

Author: Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius; Propertius, Sextus:

Title: Opera.

Publication: Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Baskerville, 1772.

Description: 4to., pp. [ii], 372 (misnumeration: pagination runs 1-200, 221-372 as usual). This copy with the too-large letter T set in the title-page, and A2 and H3 both cancels. Very clean inside. Late 20th-century red half morocco, gilt spine, grey-beige paper-covered boards, endpapers renewed. Spine slightly sunned, a bit rubbed, very good. Binding blind stamped DUKE to the rear board turn-in, which we believe to be the mark of the highly-regarded practitioner and teacher of bookbinding Maureen Duke. Loosely inserted, presumably removed from a previous binding, armorial bookplate by J.F. Badeley with the name Lyme beneath the arms, dated 1904. Still partially stuck to the back of it, a second smaller plate printed in red with initials and possible a crown motif (not all visible).

Also available in 12mo., this 4to. version was priced on publication at a guinea, though copies were advertised for sale at 18s. on 9th July 1773; 780 copies remained in stock in 1775. Dibdin describes this edition, based on Coustelier's 1743 production, as 'very beautiful', though 'not esteemed for accuracy'.

Bibliography: ESTC T6260; Dibdin I (4th edn.) 377; Gaskell 44; Graesse 287; Moss 1263

Reference Number: [55065]

Price: £600

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	Author: Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius; Propertius, Sextus: Title: Opera. Publication: Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Baskerville, 1772. Description: 4to., pp. [ii], 372 (misnumeration: pagination runs 1-200, 221-372 as usual). This copy with the too-large letter T set in the title-page, and A2 and H3 both cancels. Very clean inside. Late 20th-century red half morocco, gilt spine, grey-beige paper-covered boards, endpapers renewed. Spine slightly sunned, a bit rubbed, very good. Binding blind stamped DUKE to the rear board turn-in, which we believe to be the mark of the highly-regarded practitioner and teacher of bookbinding Maureen Duke. Loosely inserted, presumably removed from a previous binding, armorial bookplate by J.F. Badeley with the name Lyme beneath the arms, dated 1904. Still partially stuck to the back of it, a second smaller plate printed in red with initials and possible a crown motif (not all visible). Also available in 12mo., this 4to. version was priced on publication at a guinea, though copies were advertised for sale at 18s. on 9th July 1773; 780 copies remained in stock in 1775. Dibdin describes this edition, based on Coustelier's 1743 production, as 'very beautiful', though 'not esteemed for accuracy'. Bibliography: ESTC T6260; Dibdin I (4th edn.) 377; Gaskell 44; Graesse 287; Moss 1263 Reference Number: [55065] Price: £600 enquire << Back
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