Horatius Flaccus, Quintus. Opera. Two volumes. 17 Bl., 264 pp., 1 Bl.; 12 Bl., 191 pp., 7 Bl. (completely engraved in copper). With 2 stung frontispices and numerous text coppers, vignettes and initials. 22 x 14,5 cm. Modern half leather strap with gold stamped title. London, John Pine, 1733-1737. Brunet III, 320. Graesse III, 354. Cohen-Riccie 497-498. Thieme Becker XXVII, 53. Dibdin4II, 108. – With this magnificent edition, which contains numerous ancient depictions, London's copper engraver John Pine (1690-1756) created "the first book entirely engraved in copper in Europe" (Thieme-Becker). Pine, publisher, engraver and cartographer, gained fame through his artistic contribution to the Augustean literature and the Newtonian scientific paradigm, which flourished during the British Enlightenment. Nice specimen.