The Works of Horatius Quintus Flaccus Illustrated Chiefly from the Remains of Ancient Art. With a Life by the Rev. Henry Hart Milman. [ Horace [. Qui

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"Owen Jones had yet a fourth book out in 1849, The Works of Horace, with a Life by Canon H.H. Milman.It is a continuation of the Ancient Spanish Ballads and Book of Common Prayer style: the pages of the Life are surrounded by decorated borders cut on wood and printed in colours, and the Books of the Poems are prefaced by eight chromolithographed title-pages in a roman or classical style, of which the colour schemes are unusual and attractive. The book also contains monochrome decorations by Jones and drawings from the antique by George Scharf, Jun." (McLean, Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing, p. 94). Two volumes, octavo. [6], 194; [4], 490, xiv pp. Eight chromolithographed pages by Owen Jones with tissue guards; hundreds of woodcuts (statues, bas-reliefs, coins, gems, people, etc.) by George Scharf, Jun.; initial letters. Title page printed in black and red. Full late nineteenth century calf stamped decoratively, ruled in gilt, six-paneled spine stamped in gilt and blind with a r

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