Antique Miniature Leather Bound French Book Odes d'Horace

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A little gem of an antique book published in Paris in 1883, this French edition of Odes by Horace is … Read more A little gem of an antique book published in Paris in 1883, this French edition of Odes by Horace is bound in leather binding with hand-marbled paper endpapers and gold gilt page edges.

The antique book would make a unique accent displayed on a coffee table, on home library shelf, or on a bedroom night table.

The antique French book has a frontispiece engraving of Horace protected by a sheet of tissue paper, as well as an attached ribbon bookmark.

The small book measures about 4 1/2" x 3". There are some spots on the leather cover and wear around the cover edges. A former owner, Ziegler, wrote their name in ink on the title page.

From Wikipedia:
Quintus Horatius Flaccus 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words." See less