Early 18th century cottage-roof style

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Stephen Ferguson

Early 18th cen­tury cottage-roof style bind­ing cov­er­ing Horace, Carminum libri quinque [edited by George Wade] (Lon­don: William Bowyer, 1731). Accord­ing to the ESTC, Bowyer’s records show 24 copies printed in quarto, and 250 in octavo. This is one of the 24 quar­tos. A small cap­i­tal ‘D’ in iron gall ink is at cen­ter of the verso of the titlepage. Book­plate of George John War­ren Ver­non, 5th Baron Ver­non (1803–1866) on front paste­down.. Acquired by donor Robert W. Pat­ter­son from Maggs before 1921. Call num­ber (PTT) 2865.321.231.