works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Subtitle: illustrated chiefly from the remains of ancient art
By: with a life by Henry Hart Milman.
Contributors: Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868.; Scharf, George, Sir, 1820-1895.; Jones, Owen, 1809-1874.; Hayday, James, d. 1872 (binder); Chermside, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1787-1860, (association); Vizetelly and Co.
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1849
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
Other titles: Horatius; Quinti Horatii Flacci : Opera
Work titles: Works.
Notes: Consists of The life of Horace and The works of Horace paged separately; the second part has its own t.p. entitled: Quinti Horatii Flacci : Opera, with imprint, Londini : J. Murray, 1849, and may have been issued as a separate volume to The life of Horace (see McLean O 308).

"The drawings from the antique by George Scharf ... The ornaments by Owen Jones, Architect"--P. i at end.

Added chromolithographed general half-title page and 7 chromolithographed fly-titles. Titles and text within decorative coloured borders.

Life in English; Works in Latin.

MASS copy 1: Contains error in collation of Works: gathering "N" and "O" reversed. With presentation inscription dated 1853. Bound in green morocco with spine title in gilt; a.e.g. With binder's stamp: "Bound by Hayday".

MASS copy 2: Chromolithographed general half-title page wanting. Bound in terracotta glazed paper on boards, lithographed in black, designed by Owen Jones; with decorated endpapers designed by Owen Jones (Cf. McLean, R. Victorian publishers' book-bindings in paper, 1983, p. 33). With the armorial bookplate of: Sir Robert Alexander Chermside.