SMITH, Adam (his copy) – HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus (Horace).

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Les poësies d'Horace, A hitherto unrecorded volume from Adam Smith's library, with his bookplate centrally positioned on the front pastedown, volume 3 of an 8-volume set of Horace's poems, the text in French and Latin on facing pages, with the extensive remarks and critical notes of Noël-Étienne Sanadon of the Society of Jesus.Horace was clearly a favourite author of Smith's with thirteen different editions listed by Mizuta in his Catalogue of Smith's library (81-823), all but one of which are in Latin, the only other entry being a ten-volume set in French of Horace's works, equally with parallel Latin and French texts and notes and commentaries by Dacier.This single volume was purchased by its previous owner in the basement of Holleyman and Treacher, booksellers of Brighton, several decades ago.

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