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Leather. Zustand: Very Good. The two volume second edition of Christopher Smart's English language prose translation of Horace's works. The second edition, complete in two volumes. In Latin and English, printed in parallel. In these volumes, Christopher Smart translates Horace's Latin works into English prose. The work was first published in 1756 and was subsequently reprinted frequently due to its accessible nature. Early editions of this work are hard to find, as the text was very often used in schools as it was a great educational tool for those learning Latin. ESTC No. T52767 Inscription to front free endpaper head and to title page head of volume II, with bookplate of Finborough Library to front pastedowns. Horace was a leading Augustan poet whose lyrical poems were penned in hexameter verse and the caustic iambic. In a full calf binding. Minor losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Front joints and volume II rear joint head and tail starting, with boards firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns, and inscriptions to front free endpaper heads and title page head of volume II. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…