Odes and Epodes of Horace, Bulwer-Lytton translation in a fine binding order

THE ODES AND EPODES OF HORACE, A METRICAL TRANSLATION order INTO ENGLISH WITH INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARIES BY LORD LYTTON

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1869

Two volumes in one. 12mo (4.5 x 6.5 inches) in half blue calf with four raised bands, gilt titling and decoration to spine, gilt ruled boards, and all edges gilt. xlii, 269; vi, 293 pp. VG. Corners rubbed and worn through. Light wear to boards. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. A nicely preserved copy.

The man who coined the phrase, "the pen is greater than the sword," and was the first to use the opening line, "It was a dark and stormy night..." takes up the challenge of rendering into English verse some of the finest lyric poems that have ever been written.

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