The Odes of Horace - Limited edition - Folio Society edition

The Odes of Horace - Limited edition

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The Odes of Horace - Limited edition - Folio Society edition
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The Odes of Horace - Limited edition
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Poetry & Plays

The Odes of Horace - Limited edition

Horace
Edition year 2014
Binding Leather
Limited edition Yes
Weight 3 Kg
Pages Main volume: 192; commentary: 63
Dimensions 31.6 × 25 cm

Edition details

The Odes of Horace. The William Morris Manuscript. (2v.). Facsimile volume printed on tatami paper in coloured inks with gold and silver foils, bound in black goatskin with five raised bands and gilt blocking on doublures and spine, 192pp. Commentary volume by Clive Wilmer with translation by W. E. Gladstone, bound in paper, gilt blocked with title, 63pp. Solander box bound in dark green buckram with cloth lined facsimile recess blocked with a design in gold, cover and spine blocked with a design in silver and gold foil. 31.6x25cm. 980 copies. (£395)

About the book

Horace's Odes explore friendship, love, mortality and the pleasures of a life lived with awareness of its limits. Written in the world of Augustan Rome, the poems move between private reflection and public history, combining carefully shaped lyric forms with an enduring interest in how people use their time. Wine, country life and companionship offer moments of contentment against the uncertainty of fortune and the demands of ambition. Both intimate and worldly, these classical poems have influenced generations of writers through their wit, measured judgement and memorable invitations to enjoy the present.

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