Virgil's Aeneis : translated into Scottish verse, by the famous Gawin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld. A new edition... To which is added a large glossary, explaining the difficult words: which may serve for a dictionary to the old Scottish language. And to the whole is prefix'd an exact account of the author's life and writings, from the best histories and records
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Type of record: Book
Title: Virgil's Aeneis : translated into Scottish verse, by the famous Gawin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld. A new edition... To which is added a large glossary, explaining the difficult words: which may serve for a dictionary to the old Scottish language. And to the whole is prefix'd an exact account of the author's life and writings, from the best histories and records
Other titles: Aeneis
Classmark: Large English E-9 VIR
Creator(s): Virgil
Additional creator(s): Douglas, Gawin (1474?-1522) (Other); Ruddiman, Thomas (1674-1757) (Other); Sage, John (1652-1711) (Other); Vegio, Maffeo (1458) (Other)
Publisher: Printed by Mr. Andrew Symson, and Mr. Robert Freebairn
Publication city: Edinburgh
Date(s): 1710
Language: English
Size and medium: 8 unnumbered pages, 19, 1 unnumbered page, iv, 3-486, 96 unnumbered pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/232491
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012732809705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
With the additional 'Book 13' translated from Mapheus Vegius.
The account of the author's life is by John Sage; the glossary by Thomas Ruddiman.
Additional description
Pp.[18-19] in The first booke of Eneados are blank
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