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This appears to be a super rare book published by the Chiswick Press, a company owned by the famous Charles Whittingham in the mid-1800s who published some of the first "pocket novels" in the UK and abroad. It is The Odes of Horace, Book One a millennium-old series of four books first published in 23 BC and some of the oldest poetry in the world.

This ONE book measures just 5.5" tall x 3.25" wide and about 1" thick. It is a total of 308 pages. See the British Crest as used by Whittingham at the rear of the book to authenticate. The address is simply Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London. There is no published date so the book could be older or newer (plus or minus 20 years) as Whittingham died in the 1870s. The preface denotes a "Dr Gow" translated Latin text side-by-side with some deviations penned by a "Professor Conington." The book condition is acceptable for its age. I am not sure what the hard covers are made of, but they are tooled. The inside of each hard cover has lightly printed green ink pattern. NOTE both boards of the hard covers are off the spine which only a small piece of the hard spine remains. The glue of the spine is still fully intact with no missing pages whatsoever. NOTE there is some defacing on two of the intro pages by someone named "Dave" who penned their name over the preface name (and Latin name) as shown in my photos, but there are no other markings in the book whatsoever. The crest / seal used by this publisher is very similar to wiki media's findings. After photographing the book, it has been securely wrapped in plastic with all pieces for a new collector to enjoy or restore.

See photos for details and message me with any questions. I looked high and low at other versions on Abe books and could not find anything quite like this. I am not an expert but this book could be museum quality and worth many hundreds if not thousands of dollars. My price is fair for what it is --but feel free to make me an offer!

I will ship this book to you same day or next business day for FREE.