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Bodoni.- Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Satira V, Traduzione Italiana..., [one of 150 copies], presentation copy inscribed "Augustus J.Foster from his affectionate mother Eliz.h Devonshire" in pencil on verso of half-title, engraved title-vignette, 6 engraved plates by Riepenhausen and 2 aquatint plates by Caracciolo after Catel, contemporary straight-grain tan morocco with elaborate border in gilt and blind [by C.Murton], spine gilt in compartments with green and red morocco labels, pale pink silk endpapers and doublures with decorative gilt black roan borders, g.e., rubbed, scuffs to upper cover, [Brooks 1212], 4to, Parma, Bodoni, 1818. ⁂ Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire (1758-1824), née Hervey, was previously married to John Thomas Foster by whom she had two sons, Frederick and Augustus. She became Lady Elizabeth Foster when her father became the 4th Earl of Bristol. On separating from her husband she became friends with Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire and lived in a ménage à trois with Georgiana and her husband the 5th Duke, bearing him two illegitimate children. Georgiana died in 1806 and Elizabeth married the Duke three years later.