[4, blank], viii, 229 [7, blank] printed pages in Latin. Number 20 of 100, limited, numbered copies on Japan paper. Printer: Didot natu minor via dicta des Macons-Sorbonne, no. 13. Ornamental line on 38 different pages containing the words "Henri Didot" in both Roman and Italic letters, set in the smallest fount ever made. Microscopic, miraculously small, and exceptionally clear and beautiful 2 1/2- point typeface cut by Henri Didot (too small to be cut individually, Didot invented polyamatype, a process casting several types in a single cast). This is the third numbered copy on special paper of the second publication using this typeface after the Maximes de la Rochefoucauld, brought out by this publisher and by A.Sautelet and by Treutel & Wruts. It is extremely rare for the numbered copies to become available in commerce and cannot trace the last time this occurred. Some slight browning that is extremely mild. Inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Original yellow endpapers. No inscriptions. 46 x 72 mm. Contemporary black morocco, scrolling floral stapwork motif in gilt with gilt lettering, "HORATIUS" on spine; covers withmatching gilt floral decoration. Upper hinge slightly cracked but firm. Corners slightly rubbed. Bondy, 91. Spielmann, 201. Nauroy, 58. Newsletter of the LXIVmos, XVI:2, XI:2-3. Welsh, 3568. OCLC number, 724223097. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig). It is far more attractive a type face and far easier to read than Farina's "fly's eye" type, used for the feted "Galileo" and "Dantino".