NASH, JOHN HENRY, Printer. FAIRCLOUGH, HENRY RUSHTON.

SOME ASPECTS OF HORACE.

(San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1935). 292 x 210 mm (11 1/2 x 8 1/4"). x, 70 pp., [1] leaf (colophon). FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 262 COPIES, this copy out of series.

Original patterned boards, beige cloth spine, edges untrimmed. Large decorative initials printed in red. In very fine condition.

This is a very pleasing volume containing four essays by the classical scholar Fairclough in celebration of the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Horace. The essays are entitled "The Soracte Ode Reconsidered," "The Alcaic Stanza in Modern Literature," "Daily Thoughts from Horace," and "The Bimillennium of Horace." (STCJN7151)