HORATIUS FLACCUS, QUINTUS

[Opera] cum editionibus optimus accuratissime collatus et correctus

      Glasguae, 1777. 8vo, pp. iv, 250, [1] ads; a Glasgow binding of contemporary full green calf, gilt cable-roll borders on covers enclosing a small gilt rebus (a lock and a heart) central, smooth decorated spine with urns, cornucopias and neoclassical medallions, red morocco label, edges stained yellow; some minor discoloration of the green, else a very good copy with an interesting provenance. The book emanates from the Lockhart family library, with an armorial bookplate of Milton Lockheart and the Lockhart rebus on the covers. John Gibson Lockhart was Sir Walter Scott's friend, biographer and son-in-law. Later bookplate of J. L. Weir.