Gaius Plinius Secundus Lot n° 10

Bindings.- Latin Classics.- Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Epistolæ et Panegyricus, half-title, title with woodcut printer's device, occasional spotting, contemporary red morocco, gilt, covers with triple filet borders with rosette and floral corner-pieces, spine in compartments with rich floral and foliage decoration, g.e., an attractive copy, (binding 159 x 99mm.), Paris, Barbou, 1769 § Ovidius Naso (Publius) Opera, 2 vol. (of 3), engraved frontispieces, titles in red and black, offsetting, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary red straight-grain morocco (a pencilled note suggests Roger Payne as the binder), gilt, with arms of George Henry Ward, spines faded, rubbed at extremities, g.e., (binding 192 x 115mm.), Jacob Tonson & John Watts, 1715; and 2 vol. Horace, Leipzig, 1800 in contemporary red morocco, large 12mo & 8vo (5); sold not subject returned ⁂ Saleroom Notice: The second listed, Ovid's 'Opera' is defective.