Odes. Book II / Quintus Horatius Flaccus ; a new verse translation with commentaries and an introductory essay by Michael Taylor ; and with twenty-one photographs of sea stones in duotone by Dennis Letbetter.
"... publication number 116 in the Arion Press catalogue. The book was designed and produced in San Francisco by the staff -- Brian Ferrett, Megan Gibes, Chris Godek, Jeff Raymond, Blake Riley, and Rochelle Youk -- with assistance from Sarah Lariviere and Hanna Yee. The typeface is Spectrum, handset and in Monotype composition. The type has been printed by letterpress and the photographs in duotone by offset lithography on 90 GSM Magnani cream laid. The edition is limited to 150 copies for sale and twenty-six lettered copies hors commerce. An additional thirty copies and five printer's proofs are bound in a deluxe edition and accompanied by a photographic print of a sea stone not included in the book. Copies of the book and the extra print are signed by translator and artist."--Colophon.
Contents:
To Pollio : Motum ex Metello consule civicum -- To Crispus : Nullus argento color est avaris -- To Dellius : Aequam memento rebus in arduis -- To Xanthias : Ne sit ancillae tibi amor pudori -- To a friend : Nondum subacta ferre iugum valet -- To Septimus : Septimi Gadis aduture mecum est -- To Pompeius : O saepe mecum tempus in u[l]timum -- To Barine : Ulla si iuris tibi peierati -- To Valgius : Non semper imbres nubibus hispidos -- To Licinius : Rectius vives Licini neque altium -- To Quinctius : Quid bellicosus Cantaber et Scythes -- To Maecenas : Nolis longa ferae bella Numantiae -- To a tree : Ille et nefasto te posuit die -- To Postumus : Eheu fugaces Postume Postume -- On a changed landscape : Iam pauca aratro iugera regiae -- To Grosphus : Otium divos rogat in patenti -- To Maecenas : Cur me querelis exanimas tuis -- To a plutocrat : Non ebur neque aureum -- To Bacchus : Bacchum in remotis carmina rupibus -- To Maecenas : Non usitata nec tenui ferar.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1136713974
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.