Author: Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius; Propertius, Sextus:
Title: Opera.
Description: Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. Writing Royal 4to., pp.[ii], 200, 221-372 (i.e. 352 due to usual mispagination). A2 is the cancelland, H3 the cancel. Occasional very light spots and smudges. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and labels, triple-line gilt borders, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Joints and end caps neatly repaired, second label replaced, corners repaired, a little rubbed, very good. Also made available in 12mo., this 4to. version was priced on publication at a guinea, though copies were advertised for sale at 18s. on 9th July 1773; 780 copies remained in stock in 1775. Dibdin describes this edition, based on Coustelier's 1743 production, as 'very beautiful', though 'not esteemed for accuracy'. ESTC T6260; Dibdin I (4th edn.), 377; Gaskell, 44; Graesse, 287; Moss, 1263; Schweiger, 83.

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