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Horace with John Bond's commentary, open at the engraved frontispiece
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The Selection · FM 0004

Horace · commentary by John Bond

Q. Horatius FlaccusScholiis sive notis illustratus a Joanne Bond

AmsterdamHendrik Wetsteinc. 1700Extremely fragile

A small Latin Horace with John Bond’s commentary, preserved in a striking but severely damaged gilt leather binding.

Price

CHF 380

Status

Available as is · fragile book

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Imprint
Amsterdam, Hendrik Wetstein, undated [1676–1727; c. 1700]
Format
Small duodecimo · 14.4 × 9 × 2.3 cm
Pagination
285 pages; FINIS present
Decoration
Engraved frontispiece · worn gilt allegorical or military device

Bibliographical description

A modest classical text with an arresting material history.

The engraved frontispiece serves as the title. The final numbered page and FINIS are present, together with old ownership notes and marginal annotations.

The large gilt figure on the boards is described cautiously as an allegorical or military trophy; it has not been identified as a coat of arms or prize binding.

The copy in detail

The background of each documentary view has been neutralised to ivory for consistency. The text, condition, defects and structure remain documented from the source photograph.

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The documentary content comes from the source photograph; only the surrounding background and edge transition have been neutralised. Supporting hands remain where they help document the structure.

Very worn old binding board
Front board
Engraved title-frontispiece of the Horace edition
Engraved title-frontispiece
Pages 46 and 47 of the annotated Horace
Carmina · book II
Pages 204 and 205 containing Horace's Satires
Sermones and Satires
Large worn gilt device on the front board
Front-board gilt device
Large worn allegorical gilt device on the rear board
Rear-board gilt device
Life of Horace and printed testimonia
Vita and Testimonia
Final testimonia leaf bearing FINIS
End of the Testimonia
Opening with the end of the testimonia and following blank leaf
Testimonia and following blank leaf
Pages 284 and 285 ending with FINIS
Pages 284–285 · end of text
Old manuscript ownership inscription
Old ownership mark, reading uncertain
Oblique view of the almost entirely stripped spine
Spine structure · first angle
Fragile binding viewed from the rear board
Spine structure · second angle
Bare spine showing exposed bands and sewing
Almost entirely stripped spine

Condition and checks

The damage is substantial and integral to the description.

Spine

Most of the spine covering is lost. Raised bands, sewing and the text block are exposed.

Boards

Leather rubbed, cracked and stained; gilt devices heavily worn; joints vulnerable.

Paper

Browned and spotted in places, with old handwritten annotations. Handle only with support.

FOLIA MUNDI · Documented expertise

An evocative but extremely fragile classical volume.

It is sold in its present condition, with documentary images forming part of the description.

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